REPORTED SPEECH
Direct speech
Reported speech
Present simple
“I am very glad to see you again”
Past simple
Miguel said that he was glad to see me
Present continuous
“Sabrina is working in Nuevos Aires”
Past continuous
He said that Sabrina was working in Nuevos
Aires
Past simple
“Did you finish the test?”
Past perfect simple
The teacher asked him if he has/ I had
finished the test
Past continuous
“We weren’t going to the cinema today”
Past perfect continuous
They said that they hadn’t going to cinema
that day
Present perfect simple
“I have already gone out”
Past perfec simple
Mario told me that he had alredy gone out
Present perfect continuous
“I’ve been playing piano for then years”
Past perfect continuous
Susan said that she’d been playing piano for
ten years
Past perfect simple
“I’d been to my home before the college”
*same*
She said that she’d been to her home before
college
Past perfect continuous
“I’d been working here for years before quit”
*same*
He said that he’d been working there for
years before quit
