QUOTED SPEECH / DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH

Verb tense or
Modal
Example Verb Example
Simple Present He said, I love my
girlfriend.
Simple Past He said that he loved
his girlfriend.
Present Progressive He said, I am loving
my girlfriend.
Past Progressive He said that he was
loving his girlfriend.
Simple Past He said, I loved my
girlfriend.
Past Perfect He said that he had
loved his girlfriend.
Past Progressive He said, I was loving
my girlfriend.
Past Perfect
Progressive
He said that he had
been loving his
girlfriend.
Present Perfect He said, I have
loved my girlfriend.
Past Perfect He said that he had
loved his girlfriend.
Future with Be
Going to
He said, I am going
to love my
girlfriend.
Simple Past for Be
(Going to)
He said that he was
going to love his
girlfriend.
Future with Will He said, I will love
my girlfriend.
Would He said that he
would love his
girlfriend.
Can He said, I can love
my girlfriend.
Could He said that he could
love his girlfriend.
Have to He said, I have to
love my girlfriend.
Had to He said that he had
to love his girlfriend.
Must He said, I must love
my girlfriend.
Had to He said that he had
to love his girlfriend.

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