Direct And Indirect Speech Present Continuous Tense Exercises. Rp s be2 v1ing rots he said. Review reported statements here.
If direct speech is present continuous in indirect form it becomes past continuousexampledirect speechsister said i am going to market indirect speechsister said that she was going to marketnote in direct speech we use am going present continous in indirect speech we use was going past cont. He said that she always wore a coat. Present simple tense into past simple tense.
Tense changes in indirect speech verb tenses changes.
He said that she always wore a coat. Rp s be2 v1ing rots he said. As a rule when we change a direct speech sentence into indirect we go one tense back therefore when you change direct speech from present perfect continuous tense you have to use past perfect continuous tense instead in reported speech. She always wears a coat.