Reported speech – lingvoalma

Sequence of tenses

Direct speech

Reported speech

Present Simple

She said, ‘I’m home.’

She said, ‘I love jazz.’

Past Simple

She said she was home.

She said she loved jazz.

Present Continuous

She said, ‘I’m jogging.’

Past Continuous

She said she was jogging.

Present Perfect

She said, ‘I’ve sent the e-mail.’

Past Simple

She said, ‘I sent the e-mail.’

Past Perfect

She said she had sent the e-mail.

Present Perfect Continuous

She said, ‘I’ve been swimming.’

Past Continuous

She said, ‘I was swimming.’

Past Perfect Continuous

She said she had been swimming.

Future

She said, ‘I’ll wait for you.’

She said, ‘I’ll text as soon as I get home.’

Future-in-the-past

She said she would wait for me.

She said she would text as soon as she got home.

Change of adverbs, pronouns

Change of modal verbs

Modals remaining unchanged

Would, could, might, should, ought to