PRESENT SIMPLE
PRESENT CONTINUOUS
PAST SIMPLE
WILL / CAN
MIXED
100

"I work in a bank," she said.

She said she worked in a bank.

100

He said, "Jill is studying a lot."

He said Jill was studying a lot.

100

He said, "I didn't go out this weekend.

He said he hadn't gone out that weekend.

100

She said "I'll go to the cinema tonight."

She said she would go to the cinema that night.

100

She said "I'm leaving tomorrow."

She said that she was leaving the next day.

200

He said, "Julie doesn't like going out much."

He said Julie didn't like going out much

200

She said, "John is working in a bar for the summer."

She said John was working in a bar for the summer.

200

She said, "They visited Japan."

She said they had visited Japan.

200

He said, "Anna will be late today."

He said Anna would be late that day.

200

He said "She got married last year."

He said she had gotten married the previous year

300

She said, "We often meet friends in London at the weekend."

She said they often met friends in London at the weekend.

300

He said "I'm not going out tomorrow."

He said he wasn't going out the next day. 

300

He said, "We traveled through India and Pakistan last month.

He said they had traveled through India and Pakistan the month before.

300

My friend said, "John won't do it."

My friend said John wouldn't do it.

300

My teacher asked, "Where do you live?"

My teacher asked me where I lived.

400

She said, "David doesn't have any children."

She said David didn't have any children.

400

He said, "She's talking on the telephone this morning."

He said she was talking on the telephone that morning.

400

She said, "He met his girlfriend in a café."

She said he had met his girlfriend in a café. 

400

She said "I can come with you."

She said she could come with me.

400

He said, "I didn't go to the party yesterday."

He said he hadn't gone to the party the day before.

500

He said, "I never get up early on the weekend."

He said he never got up early the weekend.

500

He said, "We are working."

He said they were working.

500

He said, "David didn't arrive this morning."

He said David hadn't arrived that morning.

500

He said "John will arrive before David here."

He said John would arrive before David there.

500

She said "Lucy can come tomorrow."

She said Lucy could come the next day.

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