Reported speech: simple past tense

1. Q: Tom said, 'I want to visit my friends this weekend.'
A: Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.

2. Q: Jerry said, 'I'm studying English a lot at the moment.'
A: Jerry said he was studying English a lot at that moment.

3. Q: They said, 'We've lived here for a long time.'
A: They said they had lived there for a long time.

4. Q: He asked me, 'Have you finished reading the newspaper?'
A: He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.

5. Q: 'I get up every morning at seven o'clock.', Peter said.
A: Peter said he got up every morning at seven o'clock.

6. Q: Susan reassured me, 'I can come tonight.'
A: Susan told me she could come that night.

7. Q: She said, 'I really wish I had bought that new car.'
A: She told me she really wished she had bought that new car

8. Q: Jack said, 'He must be guilty!'
A: Jack said he must have been guilty.

9. Q: Cheryl asked her, 'How long have you lived here?'
A: Cheryl asked her how long she had lived there.

10.Q: She said, 'I've worked here since I left my last job.'
A: She told me that she had worked there since she had left her last job.