10.3. Grammar. Reported Speech.

The main rule is that tenses take a ‘step-back’, if they can.

PRESENT SIMPLE becomes...... past simple

PRESENT CONTINUOUS becomes..... past continuous

PRESENT PERFECT becomes....past perfect

PAST SIMPLE becomes.....past perfect

PAST PERFECT becomes.....past perfect

WILL becomes.....would

CAN becomes....could

MUST becomes.....had to

SHOULD becomes.....should