reported speech "said that"
"You can't eat now," said Tr. Tytus.
Tr. Tytus said that I/we can't eat now.
"What are you having for dinner?" asked Kate.
Kate asked what I was having for dinner.
"I love Louis", the girl told her classmates.
The girl told her classmates that she loved Louis.
to show or point to something
indicate
a building or a structure that gives protection
shelter
"I love Spiderman," said the girl.
The girl said that she loved Spiderman.
Justin asked' "may I go outside for a moment?"
Justin asked if/whether he might go outside for a moment.
"There are around 5000 species of ladybugs," the reporter told them.
The reporter told them that there were around 5000 species of ladybugs.
to copy the behavior of someone or something
imitate
to turn in circles around a central point
rotate
"Bees know how to find flowers," said the scientist.
The scientist said that bees knew how to find flowers.
"Am I a genius?", Ray asked his friends.
Ray asked his friends if/whether he was a genius.
"I'm not coming today", Eleen told us last Friday.
Eleen told us last Friday that she wasn't coming that day.
silly, not sensibly
foolish
not done, seen, happening, etc. very often
rare
"They're calling us for help!" said Ray.
Ray said that they were calling them for help.
"How can we save tigers?" asked the teacher.
The teacher asked how we could save tigers.
"This is the way animals communicate," the naturalist told me.
The naturalist told me that this was the way animals communicated.
in danger of disappearing
endangered
to make a mistake in calculating
miscalculate
"I am going to make a postcard with you in it holding your younger brother", said my mum.
My mum said she was going to make a postcard with me in it holding my younger brother.
"Do you need any help?" I asked him.
I asked him if/whether he needed any help.
"I'm more hungry than you", Emma told me.
Emma told me that she was more hungry than me.
to cause someone to like or be interested in someone or something
attract
a person who studies plants and animals
naturalist