Question 1: They said: "We are learning English now."

=> They said that they were learning English then.

Question 2: “My friend is coming next week,” Tom said.

=> Tom said that his friend was coming the following week.

Question 3: "I’ll help my mum with housework this weekend," she said.

=> She said that she would help her mum with housework that weekend.

Question 4: "You will have to finish all these exercises before next week," the teacher said to his students.

=> The teacher said to his students that they would have to finish all these exercises before the following week.

Question 5: "I came back here early yesterday," she said.

=> She said that she had come back there early the day before.

Question 6: Johnny said to his mother: "I don’t know how to do this exercise."

=> Johnny told his mother that he didn’t know how to do that exercise.

Question 7: "We are waiting for the school bus," said the children.

=> The children said that they were waiting for the school bus.

Question 8: Mary said: "I cannot go to the movies with you, John."

=> Mary said that she couldn't go to the movies with John.

Question 9: The man declared: "I shall be doing exactly the same work next Monday as I am doing today."

=> The man declared that he would be doing exactly the same work the following Monday as he was doing that day.

Question 10: The woman said: "I was born in 1954 and I have been living in this small town since I was small."

=> The woman said that she was born in 1954 and had been living in that small town since she was young.