Reported Speech

Reporting statements - verb changes When you are reporting what someone said, you are using Reported Speech.To do it correctly you have to do the necessary changes in the verb tenses. Can you identify these changes? Direct Speech: Present Simple Reported Speech: Past Simple Direct Speech: Present Continuous Reported Speech: Past Continuous Direct Speech: Past Simple Reported Speech: Past Perfect Direct Speech: Present Perfect Reported Speech: Past Perfect Direct Speech: Past Perfect Reported Speech: Past Perfect Direct Speech: Past Perfect Continuous Reported Speech: Past Perfect Continuous Direct Speech: Future: will, may Reported Speech: Would, might Direct Speech: Modal verb can Reported Speech: Modal verb could 1- He said, "I like this song."He said thatheliked that song.2- "The film began at seven o'clock," he said.He said the film had begun at seven o'clock.3- "They will never get to the cinema on time."Martha said they would never get to the cinema on time.4- " I have never seen such an interesting movie."He pointed that he had never seen such an interesting movie.