An alien spy is trying to blend in on Earth and needs to report their commander's transmission. Help the spy use perfect human grammar so their cover isn't blown! Choose the correct reported sentence.

The alien commander said, "I parked the spaceship behind the moon yesterday."

The correct answer is The commander said that he had parked the spaceship behind the moon the day before.

When reporting a past simple tense ("parked"), we usually backshift it to the past perfect ("had parked").

Time words also change to fit the new perspective: "yesterday" becomes "the day before" or "the previous day." Also, the reporting verb told requires a direct object (e.g., "told me"), so "told that" is incorrect.