Direct vs indirect speech
She said: '
I'm home.' --> She said
she was home.
They said: 'We don't agree.' --> They said they didn't agree.
She said: 'You must come home at once.' --> She said I had to come home at once.
He wondered: 'Will she be there?' --> He wondered if she would be there.
She said: 'I was in New York last year.' --> She said she had been in New York last year.
They said: 'We saw Nick's teacher.' --> They said they had seen Nick's teacher.
He says: 'I have been fired.' --> He said he had been fired.
They shout: 'She
has done it.' --> They shouted she
had done it.