DIRECT SPEECH
| →→→ | REPORTED SPEECH |
Present Simple
| →→→ | Past Simple |
Present Continuous
| →→→ | Past Continuous |
Present Perfect
| →→→ | Past Perfect |
Past Simple
| →→→ | Past Simple/Past Perfect |
Past Continuous
| →→→ | Past Continuous/Past Perfect Continuous |
Will | →→→ | would |
Can | →→→ | could |
May | →→→ | might |
Shall | →→→ | should |
Must | →→→ | had to |
Now
| →→→ | Then/immediately |
Today
| →→→ | That day |
Yesterday
| →→→ | The day before/the previous day |
Tomorrow
| →→→ | The next/the following day |
This week
| →→→ | That week |
Last week
| →→→ | The week before/the previous week |
Next week
| →→→ | The week after/ the following week |
Ago
| →→→ | before |
Here
| →→→ | there |
DIRECT SPEECH
| →→→ | REPORTED SPEECH |
Present Simple
| →→→ | Past Simple |
Present Continuous
| →→→ | Past Continuous |
Present Perfect
| →→→ | Past Perfect |
Past Simple
| →→→ | Past Simple/Past Perfect |
Past Continuous
| →→→ | Past Continuous/Past Perfect Continuous |
Will | →→→ | would |
Can | →→→ | could |
May | →→→ | might |
Shall | →→→ | should |
Must | →→→ | had to |
Now
| →→→ | Then/immediately |
Today
| →→→ | That day |
Yesterday
| →→→ | The day before/the previous day |
Tomorrow
| →→→ | The next/the following day |
This week
| →→→ | That week |
Last week
| →→→ | The week before/the previous week |
Next week
| →→→ | The week after/ the following week |
Ago
| →→→ | before |
Here
| →→→ | there |