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“I am very busy today,” she said.
She said (that) she was very busy that day.
“I will visit you tomorrow,” he said.
He said (that) he would visit me the next day / the following day.
“I saw her yesterday,” he said.
He said (that) he had seen her the day before.
“I like this book,” she said.
“I like this book,” she said.
" Where have you put my glasses? " Ben asked.
Ben asked where I had put his glasses.
“I am busy now,” he said.
He said he was busy then.