Reported statements

"I can't see my keys," Mary said

• Mary said that she couldn't see my keys

• Mary said that she can't see my keys

• Mary said that she can't see her keys

• Mary said that she couldn't see her keys

"I have a present for you", mum told me.

Mum told me that...

• she has a present for you

• she has a present for me

• she had a present for me

• she had a present for you

"I'm not sure", Anna said.

• She said (that) she was sure

• She said (that) she is sure

• She said (that) she's not sure

• She said (that) she wasn't sure

Ben: "I don't think people are different."

• Ben said that he don't think people are different

• Ben said that he didn't thought people are different

• Ben said that he didn't think people were different

• Ben said that he didn't think people are different

The athlete: "I took two to six hours."

• The athlete said that it had taken two to six hours

• The athlete said that is tooked two to six hours

• The athlete said that it had took two to six hours

• The athlete said that it took two to six hours

"I can't remember", David said

• David said that he can't remember

• David said that he couldn't remember

• David said that he should remember

• David said that he didn't remember

"We were at the hospital yesterday." Ginger and Claire said

• Ginger and Claire said that they were at the hospital yesterday

• Ginger and Claire said that they were at the hospital the day before

• Ginger and Claire said that they had been at the hospital the day before

• Ginger and Claire said that they had been at the cinema the day before

"We went out last night", she told me.

• She told me they had gone out the night before

• She told me they went out the following night

• She told me they had gone out last night

• She told me we had gone out the night before

"He could read when he was three", he said me.

• He said me that he could read when he has been three

• He said me that he can read when he had been three

• He said me that he could read when he had been three

Ann: "I was on holidays last week."

• Ann said that she was on holiday last week

• Ann said that she had been on holiday the week before

• Ann said that she had been on holiday last week

• Ann said I had been on holiday the week before