Reported speech
'You won't need this document' he told me.
He told me (that) I wouldn't need that document.
'Where are you going today?' Amelia asked Liam.
She asked him where he was going that day.
When I told Mr Peters that the dog has/had eaten my homework, he didn't believe me.
When I told Mr Peters that the dog had eaten my homework, he didn't believe me.
'Don't shout!' the teacher told us.
The teacher told us not to shout.
'How did you come to class yesterday?' my teacher asked me.
She/he asked me how I had come to class the day before/the previous day.
Adam told me that his girlfriend doesn't/didn't eat meat at all.
Adam told me that his girlfriend doesn't/didn't eat meat at all.
'I'm not going to the match on Saturday,' Jimmy said.
He said that he wasn't going to the match on Saturday.
'Have you ever visited an English-speaking country?' I asked Oliver.
I asked him if he had ever visited an English-speaking country.
Last week he told us that we don't have to do that exercise and then yesterday he said he'd made a mistake.
INCORRECT: Last week he told us that we DIDN'T have to do that exercise and then yesterday he said he'd made a mistake.
'I'm surprised she's here' He said.
He said (that) he was surprised (that) she was there.
'What do you usually have for breakfast?' the doctor asked the children.
He/she asked them what they usually had for breakfast.
Steve said he could play the guitar when he was two years old.
CORRECT: Steve said he could play the guitar when he was two years old.
She said (that) she hadn't finished yet.
'What time will we wake up tomorrow?' Harry asked Emma.
He asked her what time they would wake up the day after/the following day.
INCORRECT: Seven years ago, the Prime Minister stated that his government WOULD be corruption-free. It doesn't look that way now, does it?