Reported Speech

In the English language reported speech affects the sequence of tenses, if the main clause is in the past ("I said", She asked"). It applies to some of the tenses.

1) Present Simple -> Past Simple

• I do -> I did

2) Present Continuous -> Past Continunous

• I am doing -> I was doing

3) Present Perfect - >Past Perfect

• I have done-> I had done

4) Present Perfect Continuous ->Past Perfect Continuous

• I have been doing-> I had been doing

5) Past Simple -> Past Perfect

• I did-> I had done

6) will ->would

Changes in time and place words

• here->there
• this->that
• now->then
• yesterday-> the day before
• tomorrow -> the day after
• last week - the week before
• next week - > the week after
• ago -> before

• Mike said: "I will repair my bike tomorrow"

REPORTED SPEECH: Mike said that he would repair his bike the day after.