8. VERB TENSES 1) PRESENT SIMPLE PAST SIMPLE “ I study English”, she said. She said she studied English. 2) PRESENT CONTINOUS PAST CONTINOUS “ I am studying English”. She said she was studying English. 3) PAST SIMPLE PAST PERFECT She said: “I studied English”. She said she had studied English. 4) PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT “ I have studied English”. She said she had studied English. Changes in reported speech (I)
9. 5) PAST CONTINOUS PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS VERB TENSES Changes in reported speech (II) “ I was watching TV”, she said. She said she had been watching TV. 6) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINOUS PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS “ I have been watching TV”. She said she had been watching TV. 7) FUTURE CONDITIONAL “ I will watch TV”. She said she would watch TV. ★ PAST PERFECT AND PAST PERFECT CONTINOUS DON’T CHANGE “ We had watched a film”, she said. She said they had watched a film. “ We had been watching a film”. She said they had been watching a film.
10. 6) MODAL VERBS CAN COULD MAY MIGHT MUST/HAVE TO HAD TO Changes in reported speech (III) VERB TENSES “ I can play the piano”. He said he could play the piano. “ We may buy a new car”. They said they might buy a new car. “ He must go to the doctor”. She said he had to go to the doctor. ★ SHOULD, OUGHT TO, USED TO, WOULD, MIGHT in the Direct Speech DON’T CHANGE.
11. Changes in reported speech (IV) TIME AND PLACE ADVERBS AND EXPRESSIONS NOW THEN/AT THAT MOMENT TODAY/TONIGHT THAT DAY/ THAT NIGHT YESTERDAY THE PREVIOUS DAY/ THE DAY BEFORE TOMORROW THE NEXT DAY, THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE DAY AFTER NEXT WEEK THE FOLLOWING WEEK, THE WEEK AFTER LAST YEAR THE YEAR BEFORE, THE PREVIOUS YEAR A MONTH AGO THE PREVIOUS MONTH, THE MONTH BEFORE HERE THERE THIS THAT THESE THOSE
12. Changes in reported speech (V) PERSONAL PRONOUNS I HE/SHE WE THEY MY/ MINE HIS, HER/HIS, HERS OUR/OURS THEIR/THEIRS