REPORT SPEACH

Columna1	Columna2
Direct speech	Indirect speech
present simple	>past simple
she said, its,s cold	she said Its was cold
present continuous	>past continuous
she said. I,m teaching english online	she said she was teaching english online
present perfec simple	>past perfect simple
she said. I,ve been on the web since 1999	she said she had bee on the web since 1999
Present perfec continuous	>past perfect continuous
she said. I,ve teaching english for seven years	she said she and bee 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 shes had bee teaching earlier
past perfect	>past perfec
she said. The lesson had already  started when he arrived	NO CHANGE - she said the lesson had already been teaching for five minutes
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 chanse
will	>wold
she said. I,ll teach english online tomorrow	she said she would teach englis online tomorrow
can	>could
she said. I can teach english online	she said she could teach english online
must	>had to
she said. I muts have a computer to teach english online	she said she had to have a computer to teach english online
shall	>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 ifshe might  open a new browser
note- there is no change to  could, would, should, might and ought to