Report the following putting the introducing verb in the Past.
1. “I can‟t do it now, but I expect I can do it next week,” I said.
2. “You must leave the country at once,” the police told him.
3. “You mustn‟t forget what I told you last lesson,” I told them.
4. “You mustn‟t come in without knocking,” he told us.
5. “You needn‟t come in tomorrow,” my employer said.

6. “I couldn‟t get into the house because I had lost my key, so I had to break the window,” he said.
7. “You may go home, if you want,” the teacher told us.
8. “They must be at home because the lights are on,” John said.