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reported speech
when we use roperted speech we often use a tense which is 'further back' in the past than the tense originally used
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When we backshift, present simple changes to past simple, present continuous changes to past continuous and present perfect changes to past perfect.
When we backshift, past simple usually changes to past perfect simple, and past continuous usually changes to past perfect continuous.
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Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech.
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past simple I bought a car She said (that) she had bought a car OR She said (that) she bought a car.
past continuous I was walking along the street She said (that) she had been walking along the street.
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past perfect* I had taken English lessons before She said (that) she had taken English lessons before.
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would* I would help, but..” She said (that) she would help but...
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must I must study at the weekend She said (that) she must study at the weekend OR She said she had to study at the weekend
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