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"I write stories."

He said….

• He said that he wrote stories.

• He said that he write stories.

• He said that he writes stories.

• He said that he has written stories.

”I am working now."

You said…

• You said that you was working then.

• You said that you were working then.

• You said that you were working now.

• You said that you work now.

“I lived in London last year. "

He said….

• He said that he lived in London the year before.

• He said that he had lived in London the year before.

• He said that he has lived in London the year before.

• He said that he had lived in London last year.

Ann: “I go to school every day.”

Ann said…

• that she go each day to school

• that she could go school every day

• that she went to school next month

• that she went to school every day

Byron: “I can’t swim.”

Byron said….

• Byron said that he can't to swim.

• Byron said that he couldn't swim.

• Byron said that he had not swim.

• Byron said that he cannot swims.

Cathy: “I have a cat.”

Cathy said…

• Cathy said that she had before a cat.

• Cathy said that she have a cat.

• Cathy said that she been having a cat.

• Cathy said that she had a cat.

“We have never eaten pears."

They said….

• They said that they have never ate pears.

• They said that they have never eaten pears.

• They said that they had never eaten pears.

• They said that they haven't eaten pears.

"My parents are going to Karachi.”

She said…

• She said that my parents going to Karachi.

• She said that my parents gone to Karachi.

• She said that her parents were going to Karachi.

• She said that her parents are going to Karachi.

"I love this town."

John said…

• John said that he loves that town.

• John said that he loved that town.

• John said that she loved that town.

• John say that he loved that town.

“I buy colourful pens.”

Jen said…

• Jen said she bought colourful pens.

• Jen said she buys colourful pens.

• Jen said that she buy colourful pens.

• Jen said that she have bought colourful pens.