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| DIRECT SPEECH | REPORTED SPEECH |
| Simple Present
"I live in Paris." |
Simple Past
He said he lived in Paris. |
| Present Continuous
"I'm not feeling well." |
Past Continuous
He said he wasn't feeling well. |
| Present Perfect
"I've never been there." |
Past Perfect
He said he had never been there. |
| Present Perfect Continuous
"She's been working." |
Past Perfect Continuous
He said she had been working |
| Simple Past
"I saw my mother." |
Past Perfect
He said he had seen his mother. |
| Future
"There will be a problem." |
Conditional
He said there would be a problem. |
| Future Continuous
"I'll be leaving soon." |
Conditional Continuous
He said he would be leaving soon. |
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| Present Modals | Past Modals |
| "I will go." | He said he would go. |
| "I can swim." | He said he could swim. |
| "It may rain." | He said it might rain. |
| "I must go to the bank." | He said he had to go to the bank. |
| "I needn't phone her." | He said he didn't need to phone her. |
| THE FOLLOWING MODAL VERBS
DO NOT CHANGE:
Would, could, might, ought to, needn't have, must have, used to |
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| First Conditional
"I'll go if they go." |
Second Conditional
He said he would go if they went. |