`1`. She told me that she didn't like chocolate.

( I -> she ; Hiện tại đơn -> Quá khứ đơn )

`2`. She said that she wouldn't see me the next day.

( I -> She ; won't -> wouldn't ; you -> me ; tomorrow -> the next day/ the following day)

`3`. She said that she was living in Paris for a few months.

( Hiện tại tiếp diễn -> Quá khứ tiếp diễn )

`4`. She told me that she had visited her parents at the weekend.

( I -> she ; Quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành ; my -> her )

`5`. She told me she hadn't eaten sushi before.

( Hiện tại hoàn thành -> Quá khứ hoàn thành )

`6`. She said that she hadn't travelled by underground before she had come to London.

( I -> she ; Quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành )

`7`. She said that they would help if they could.

`8`. She told me that she would do the washing-up later.

( I -> she ; will -> would )

`9`. She said that he could read when he had been three.

( Quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành )

`10`. She said that she had been sleeping when Julie had called.

( I -> She ; Quá khứ tiếp diễn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành tiếp diễn ; Quá khứ đơn -> Quá khứ hoàn thành )

- Câu tường thuật với câu trần thuật: 

S + said (to)/ (told) + (O) + (that) + S + V (lùi thì)