Have you studied reported speech, Kathy? This is a straightforward example of reported/indirect speech. When we report something that someone has said, we take it one step back into the past. Direct speech - Weatherman: "It is going to be hot and sunny tomorrow" ( 'is going to' = future) Indirect speech - The forecast said that it was going to be hot and sunny tomorrow ( 'was going to" = future in the past)

Hello) We use "is going to" when we are partly sure what it will happen. It means that a forecast has unique data of a following day. However, we use "will" if it is just a prediction, a promise, a simple action which happens every day, or we have decided something right now and say " ok, we will meet or I will call you"

it is the same) bacause you should have the right tense order in the sentence. look, she said( Past) - in the second part you should use( Past perfect tense) but She says ( present) - the the second part you should use ( past) You can't use will. probably you can use would. 1) you say- you said 2) you said- you have said 3) you are going - you were going 4)you have gone- you had gone 5)you had gone- you had gone ( the same)