Reported speech
Tense in direct speech |
Tense in reported speech |
Present Simple I'm a teacher.
Present Continuous I'm having lunch with my parents.
Present Perfect Simple I've been to France three times.
Present Perfect Continuous I've been working very hard.
Past Simple I bought a new car.
Past Continuous It was raining earlier.
Past Perfect The play had started when I arrived.
Past Perfect continuous I'd already been living in London for five years. |
Past Simple He said he was a teacher.
Past Continuous She said she was having lunch with her parents.
Past Perfect Simple He said he had been to France three times.
Past Perfect Continuous He said he had been working very hard.
Past Perfect He said he had bought a new car.
Past Perfect Continuous She said it had been raining earlier.
Past Perfect NO CHANGE POSSIBLE
Past Perfect Continuous NO CHANGE POSSIBLE
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