Simple Present and Past
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Robert: we were at the movies until around 11:00.
Robert said that they had been at the movie until about 11:00.
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Thomas: I've never eaten sushi before.
Thomas said that he'd never eaten sushi before.
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David: I'll never go to the show.
David said that he would never go to the show.
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Mark: Come here!
Mark told me to go there.
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Paul: do you play volleyball?
Paul asked me if I played volleyball.
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Rafael: I want to go to the show this weekend (it's Monday after that weekend)
Rafael said that he wanted to go to the show last weekend.
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Sam: We've been in the bar since midnight.
Sam said that they had been in the bar since midnight.
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George: I am going, I will be there!
George said that he was going, he would be there.
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Anne: Don't smoke!
Anne told me not to smoke.
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Adan: Where is Dante?
Adam asked where Dante was.
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Evan: we need to speak more English in class.
Evan said that we needed to speak more English in class
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Dennis: My brother has just returned from his trip to Rio.
Dennis said that his brother had just returned from his trip to Rio.
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Joan: Will you take me to the show?
Joan asked if I would take her to the show?
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Policeman: get out of the car! (order).
The policeman ordered me to get out of the car.
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Cindy: Who was that beautiful woman?
Cindy asked who that beautiful woman was.
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Bernard: I wasn't any place near the scene of the crime.
Bernard said that he hadn't been any place near the scene of the crime.
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Jacob: I am not waiting any longer for the bus.
Jacob said that he was not waiting any longer for the bus.
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John: My brother and I will take the test on Friday.
John said that he and his brother would take the test on Friday.
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Sandra: could you please be quiet! (ask)
She asked me to be quiet.
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Mary: are you working tonight?
Mary asked me if I was working that night.
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The president said: 'We must do all we can to resolve the social problems of our country'. (You are not from that country)
The president said that they had to do all they can to resolve the social problems of their country.
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The students: the test is going to be next Wednesday (You are reporting that information on Friday)
The students said that the test was going to be the following Wednesday.
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The students:Will we be taking this test in June?
The students asked if they would be taking that test in June.
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Husband: please forgive me! (beg)
He begged me to forgive him.
Diane: will you come tonight?
Diane asked me if I would go that night.