DIRECT: “I’ll text you when I get home, so you know I’m safe!”
REPORTED: I to text when I got home so she knew I was safe.

DIRECT: “Please help me! I don’t understand this project at all!”
REPORTED: He me to help with the project because he said he didn’t understand it at all.

DIRECT: “I’m joining the gym because I need to lose some weight!”
REPORTED: She has to join the gym because she needs to lose some weight.

DIRECT: “You’re always late! It’s so annoying.”
REPORTED: He that I am always late and that he finds it annoying.

DIRECT: “Did you cheat in the test?”
REPORTED: He me of cheating in the test.

DIRECT: “Well done passing all your exams!”
REPORTED: I her on her excellent exam results.

DIRECT: “Don’t forget about the party on Saturday!”
REPORTED: He me about the party on Saturday.”

DIRECT:“I don’t know anything about the security breach.”
REPORTED: The politician knowing about the security breach.

DIRECT: “You must take a helicopter ride when you go to the Grand Canyon!”
REPORTED: Julie taking a helicopter tour when we visit the Grand Canyon.

DIRECT: “We may need to make some staff redundant, but I am doing my best to avoid that.”
REPORTED: Our boss that some redundancies may be necessary but that he was trying to find ways to avoid that.