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Tom said he wants to visit his friends that weekend.

Tom said he wanted to visit his friends that weekend.

Tom said he wanted to visit his friends this weekend.

He said, he would clean the car the following day

He said, he would clean the car tomorrow

He said, he will clean the car the following day

He said, he cleaned the car tomorrow

Jerry said he was studying English a lot at that moment.

Jerry said he was studying English a lot at the moment.

Jerry said I was studying English a lot at that moment.

They said they have lived there for a long time.

They said they lived here for a long time.

They said they had lived there for a long time.

She said, she was reading when he had called her

 She said, she was reading when he called her

She said, she had been reading when he had called her

She said, she read when he had called her

 She said, she was going to get her photos developed the following day

She said, she got her photos developed the following day

She said, she had got her photos developed the following day

She said she was going to get her photos developed tomorrow

He asked me if had I finished reading the newspaper.

He asked me if I finished reading the newspaper.

He asked me if I had finished reading the newspaper.

Susan told me I could come that night.

Susan told me she could come that night.

Susan told me she could come tomorrow evening.

Cheryl asked her how long she had lived there.

Cheryl asked her how long she has lived there.

Cheryl asked her how long she lived there.

He said, he hadn't liked the loud concerts

He said, he didn't like the loud concerts

He said, he didn't liked the loud concerts

He said, he wasn't liked the loud concerts

accused that Michael was lying.

accused Michael of lying.

accused Michael to lie.

refused to work

 refused that he would work

refused working

to do it

she would do it

on doing

me against eating

not eating

me not to eat

breaking

to break

that he had broken

 that he gave a hand

to give a hand

that we would give a hand

to be

being

us to be

on taking

taking

to take

not to do

not doing

to not do

not to leave

not leaving

not leave