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REPORTED SPEECH (=indirect speech)
direct speech
present simple
present continuous
past simple
past continuous
present perfect
present perfect continuous
indirect speech
past simple
past continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
past perfect
past perfect continuous
direct speech
go
am going
went
was going
has gone
has been going
might/could/would
indirect speech
went
was going
had gone
had been going
had gone
had been going
might/could/would
"Jack goes to the supermarket"
"Jack is a dentist"
He said that he went to the supermarket.
He said that Jack is a dentist.
This is a fact, that's why you don't change the tense
Pieter Groen
TTO2
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