Statements
Questions
Requests
Orders
Time expressions
100

Jane says: "I like reading crime books".

Jane said (that) she liked reading crime books.

100

Peter asked me: "What is your favourite song?"

Peter asked me what my favourite song was.

100

"Stop smoking, please", she begged him.

She begged him to stop smoking.

100

My mom: "Do your homework!"

My mom told me to do my homework.

100

I have to go to the dentist now. (I'm telling someone about what Carol said)

Carol said (that) she had to go to the dentist then.

200

"We should go to the movie theater", said Mary. 

Mary said (that) we should go to the movie theater. 

200

Where have you been?

Someone asked me where I had been. 

200

Mary: "Please, don't help me".

She asked me not to help her.

200

Sarah: "Wait here for your sister".

She told me to wait here for my sister.

200

Kate: "Marcus, my family and I went to Portugal last summer. You should go." (I'm telling someone about what Kate said to Marcus)

Kate told Marcus that she and her family had gone to Portugal the summer before, and that he should go.

300

David said to his parents: "I bought a new car"

David told his parents (that) he had bought a new car.

300

"Have you ever been to Mexico?" asked Emma.

Emma asked me if I had ever been to Mexico.

300

"Could you bring my book, Tom?" I asked.

I asked Tom to bring my book.
  

300

Dad: "Eat your dinner!"

He told me to eat my dinner. 

300

My boss: "Don't be late, we have an important meeting tomorrow. !" 

My boss told me not to be late bacause we had an important meeting the next day.

400

"I haven't been to Denmark, but I would like to go" said Tom.

Tom said (that) he hadn't been to Denmark, but he would like to go.

400

"Will the weather be good in Dublin in the summer?" wondered Peter.

Peter wondered if the weather in Dublin would be good in the summer. 

400

John: "Don't go to bed to late, please"

He asked me not to go to bed to late. 

400

Mom: "Don't be late or you will regret it!"

My mom told me not to be late or I would regret it.

400

"I am leaving for Greece today" (I tell someone a month later)

She said (that) she was leaving for Greece that day.

500

Chris says to Mary: "My friends and I were walking along the river when we saw Brad Pitt"  

Chris told Mary (that) he and his friends had been walking along the river when they had seen Brad Pitt.

500
Mia asked Peter: "When was the last time you watched a movie that made you cry?"

Mia asked Peter when it was the last time (that) he had watched a movie that had made him cry.

500

My boss: "Would you mind coming early to the meeting?"

My boss asked me to come early the meeting.



500

My boss: "Don't send the report yet, or we won't be able to edit it!".

My boss told me not to send the report yet, or we wouldn't be able to edit it.

500

I said: "Yesterday I had a blind date with a man when we realized we already had one a year ago". (I'm telling the story to someone)

She said (that) she had had a date with a man the day before when they realized they had already had one the previous year.