Helen said that it would take her an hour to cook dinner.
My parents told my younger brother to cross the street when the traffic light was green.
Tom said he had lost his key and he was looking for it.
She asked me why I thought the exam would be easy.
He wondered how long Ann had lived in Poltava.
He told me my English was very good and added that I made very few mistakes.
His wife told us he would be away till the following month.