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Reported Statements

When do we use reported speech? 

Sometimes someone says a sentence, for example "I'm going to the theatre tonight". Later, maybe we want to tell someone else what the first person said.

Here's how it works:

We use a 'reporting verb' like 'say' or 'tell'. If this verb is in the present tense, it's easy. We just put 'she says' and then the sentence:

• Direct speech: “I like chocolate”.
• Reported speech: She says she likes chocolate.

We don't need to change the tense, though probably we do need to change the 'person' from 'I' to 'she', for example. We also may need to change words like 'my' and 'your'.

But, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, then usually we change the tenses in the reported speech:

• Direct speech: “I like chocolate”.
• Reported speech: She said she liked chocolate.

Tense	Direct Speech	Reported Speech
present simple	“I like chocolate”	She said (that) she liked chocolate.
present continuous	“I am living in Rosario	She said she was living in Rosario.
past simple	“I bought a bicycle.	She said she had bought a bicycle OR She said she bought a bicycle.
past continuous	“I was walking along the street”	She said she had been walking along the street.
present perfect	“I haven't seen Tom.	She said she hadn't seen Tom.
past perfect*	“I had taken Japanese lessons before”	She said she had taken Japanese lessons before.
will	“I'll see you later”	She said she would see me later.
would*	“I would help, but..”	She said she would help but...
can	“I can speak perfect French	She said she could speak perfect French.
could*	“I could swim when I was four”	She said she could swim when she was four.
shall	“I shall come later”	She said she would come later.
should*	“I should call my mum.”	She said she should call her mum.
might*	"I might be late"	She said she might be late
must	"I must study at the weekend"	She said she must study at the weekend OR She said she had to study at the weekend