REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH	Columna1
DIRECT SPEECH	INDIRECT SPEECH
PRESENT SIMPLE	PAST SIMPLE
she said, "It´s cold".	she said it was cold
PRESENT CONTINUOUS	PAST CONTINUOUS
she said, "I´m teaching english online".	she said she was teaching english online.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE	PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
she said, "I´ve been on the web since 1999."	she said she had been on the web since 1999.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS	PAST PERFEC CONTINUOUS
she said, "I have been teaching english for seven years."	she said she had been teaching english for seven years.
PAST SIMPLE	PAST PERFECT
she said, "I taught online yesterday."	she said she had taught online yesterday
PAST CONTINUOUS	PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
she said, "I was teaching earlier."	she said she had been teaching earlier.
PAST PERFECT	PAST PERFECT
she said, " the lesson had already started when he arrived."	NO CHANGE- she said the lesson had already started when he arrived.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS	PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
she said, "I´d already been teaching for five minutes."	NO CHANGE- she said she´d already been teaching for five minutes
Modal verb forms also sometimes change:
WILL	WOULD
she said, "I´II teach english online tomorrow	she said she would teach english online tomorrow
CAN	COULD
she said, "I can teach english online"	she said she could teach english online
MUST	HAD TO
she said, "I must have a computer to teach english online	she said she had to have a computer to teach english online
SALL	SHOULD
she said,"what shall we learn today?"	she asked what we should learn today
MAY	MIGHT
she said, "May I open a new browser?"	she asked of she might open a new browser.