TENSE CHANGE
“I am tired,” she said.
She said she was tired.
“today” → ?
that day
“I can swim,” he said.
He said he could swim.
“Do you like coffee?”
He asked if I liked coffee.
“Where do you live?”
He asked what I was doing.
“I worked yesterday,” she said.
She said she had worked the day before.
“tomorrow” →
the next day
“I will help you,” she said.
She said she would help me.
“Are you working?”
She asked if I was working.
“Why did you call me?”
She asked why I had called her.
“I have finished my project,” he said
He said he had finished his project.
“next year” → ?
the following year
“I must finish this,” he said.
He said he had to finish that.
“Did you finish it?”
He asked if I had finished it.
“How long have you been studying English?”
He asked how long I had been studying English.
“I have been studying all day,” she said.
She said she had been studying all day.
“two days ago” → ?
two days before
“I could solve the problem,” he said.A baby Goat
He said he could solve the problem.
“Will you be waiting for me?”
He asked if I would be waiting for him.
“What will you do if you don’t pass the exam?”
She asked what I would do if I didn’t pass the exam.
“I have been working on this project since last week,” she said.
She said she had been working on that project since the week before.
“I met him here two days ago,” he said.
He said he had met him there two days before.
“I will have to finish this by tomorrow,” she said.
She said she would have to finish that by the next day.
“Have you been waiting for me for a long time?” he asked.
He asked if I had been waiting for him for a long time.
“What were you doing when I called you yesterday?” she asked.
She asked what I had been doing when she had called me the day before.