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    The document provides examples of direct and reported speech for different tenses in English. In direct speech, the tense of the verb matches the time of the spoken words. In reported speech, the tense shifts back by one step to reflect that the words were spoken in the past. The summary provides examples of this tense backshift between direct and reported speech for the present simple, present progressive, present perfect, past simple, past progressive, future, and continuous tenses.

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    The document provides examples of direct and reported speech for different tenses in English. In direct speech, the tense of the verb matches the time of the spoken words. In reported speech, the tense shifts back by one step to reflect that the words were spoken in the past. The summary provides examples of this tense backshift between direct and reported speech for the present simple, present progressive, present perfect, past simple, past progressive, future, and continuous tenses.

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    Reported Speech

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    Monika Tomac
    The document provides examples of direct and reported speech for different tenses in English. In direct speech, the tense of the verb matches the time of the spoken words. In reported speech, the tense shifts back by one step to reflect that the words were spoken in the past. The summary provides examples of this tense backshift between direct and reported speech for the present simple, present progressive, present perfect, past simple, past progressive, future, and continuous tenses.

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    DIRECT SPEECH

    Present Simple She said, "I am happy". He said: "I work everyday". Present Progressive (Continuous) You said, "They are swimming". Present Perfect Simple He said, "I have bought a car". Past Simple He said, "I bought a hamster". Past Progressive (Continuous) You said, "I was working". Future of Intention ("going to") She said, "I am going to win". Future Simple They said, "We will lose". Future Perfect She said, "I will have bought it by Friday". Future Progressive (Continuous) She said, "I will be having tea at 8 pm". Present Perfect Progressive (Continuous) She said, "I have been painting the ceiling".

    REPORTED SPEECH
    Past Simple She said that she was happy. He said that he worked everyday. Past Progressive (Continuous) You said that they were swimming. Past Perfect Simple He said that he had bought a car. Past Perfect Simple He said that he had bought a hamster. Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) You said that you had been working. Past of Intention ("going to") She said that she was going to win. Conditional They said that they would lose. Perfect Conditional She said that she would have bought it by Friday. Progressive (Continuous) Conditional She said that she would be having tea at 8 pm. Past Perfect Progressive (Continuous) She said that she had been painting the ceiling.

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