Reported Speech - Statements Backshift of tenses From Simple Present To Simple past

Simple Past Present Perfect Past Perfect Will Progressive forms: Am/are/is Was/were Has been Had been

Past Perfect (had+Past participle) would

was/were

had been

Shifting of expressions of time: This (evening) Today/this day These (days) Now (a week) ago Last weekend Here Next (week) Tomorrow that (evening) that day those (days) then (a week) before the weekend before / the previous weekend there the following (week) the next/following day

2) Max told me that Frank often read a book. 3) Susan said to me that she was watching TV. 4) Simon said that David had been ill. 5) Peggy told me that the girls had helped in the house. 6) Richard said to me that he was going ride a skateboard. 7) Stephen and Claire told me that they had cleaned the windows. 8) Charles remake that he hadnt had time to do his homework. 9) Mrs. Jones told me that her mother would be 50 years old. 10) Jean said that the boss had to sign the letter.