1. The pupils said to their teacher,"Please give us better marks."
-> The pupils told their teacher to give them better marks
2. "Don't come back before one o'clock", advised my brother.
->My brother advised me not to come back before one o'clock
3. "Cook it in butter", Mrs Brown said to her daughter.
->Mrs Brown asked her daughter to cook it in butter.4.
5. John said he had finishe studying his lesson
6. Johnny said to his mother,"I don't know how to do this exercise".
-> Johnny told his mother that he didn't know to do that exercise
7. Mary said to John that she couldn't go to the movies with him