Verb Tenses
PAST SIMPLE
PAST PERFECT
Nadja: "I like chocolate."
Nadja said she liked chocolate.
She said she was finishing her dinner.
"I am finishing my dinner."
Paul: Will you be here next Thursday?
Paul asked if I would be there the following Thursday.
PRESENT PERFET
PAST PERFECT
"We are going to arrive early."
They said there were going to arrive early.
She said she would never leave me.
"I will never leave you."
Mark to Gina: "Do you love me?"
Mark aske Gina if he loved her.
MIGHT
MIGHT
John: "The weather has been wonderful this summer."
John said the weather had been wonderful that summer.
Mary said she had never been there before.
Mary: "I've never been here before."
Kelly to Carlos: When is your birthday?
Kelly asked Carlos when his birthday was.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
Brian: I should call my mother tomorrow.
Brian said he should call his mother the following day.
They mentioned they had bought a car for us that day.
"We bought a car for you today."
He asked me if I 'd been to Paris.
Have you been to Paris?
SHALL
WOULD
His boss: "Don't smoke here!"
Jake said they had to visit again the following week.
"We must visit again next week."
Jane: "Can you bring my book this afternoon?"
Jane asked me to bring her book that afternoon.