present
past
future
perfect
reporting verbs
100
She said "I am 27 years old"

She said (that) she was 27 years old

100

I said "I was doing my homework"

I said I had been doing my homework

100

She said "We will find a new house to live in"

She said (that) they would find a new house to live in

100
Barbara said "I have been studying for three hours"

Barbara said (that) she had been studying for three hours


100

She asked "Where is your mother?" (ask)

She asked me where my mother was.

200

"What are you eating?" Dad asked me.

Dad asked what I was eating

200

He said "I had dinner with my family"

He said (that) he had had dinner with his family

200

The principal said "We are going to have a festival next week"

The principal said we were going to have a festival the next/following week

200

The students said "The teacher has been absent for three classes in a row"

The students said the teacher had been absent for three days in a row.

200

"We will meet at the park" (agree)

We agreed that we would meet at the park

300

I said "I live with my three roommates and my cat"

I said I lived with my three roommates and my cat.

300
Adam asked "Who did you meet yesterday?"

Adam asked who I had met the day before.

300

Sarah asked "Where are you going these summer holidays?"

Sarah asked (me) where I was going those summer holidays

300

Emily said "I wasn't here because I had been sick"

Emily said she hadn't been there because she had been sick

300

"I promise I will help your sister with her homework" He said (promise).

He promised to help my sister with her homework

400

Carlos said "We are staying here just for today"

Carlos said they were staying there just for that day

400

Jimmy said "We were playing videogames in my friend's house yesterday"

Jimmy said they had been playing videogames in his friends house the day before/the previous day

400

Tom told me "We won't move from here until you clean this mess"

Tom told me they wouldn't move from there until I had cleaned that mess.

400

He said "I haven't finished this artwork, but Wendy has brought her finished pieces"

He said he hadn't finished that artwork, but Wendy had brought her finished pieces.

400

He said "I didn't take George's cellphone!" (deny)

He denied taking George's cellphone

500

Amanda said "We are from Ottawa, but we are currently living in Vancouver because of my dad's job"

Amanda said they were from Ottawa, but they were currently living in Vancouver because of her dad's job.

500

The teacher told us "I didn't correct your exams because I was taking care of the science fair"

The teacher told us she hadn't corrected our exams because she was taking care of the science fair

500

Clara said "We will be travelling tomorrow, but I'll send you a postcard when we arrive there"

Clara said they would be travelling the next/following day, but she would send me a postcard once they arrived there.

500

My sister said "By tomorrow, we will have been living here for three months"

My sister said that by the next day we would have been living there for three months

500

The teacher said "Where did the students go?" (wonder)

The teacher wondered where the students had gone.