REPORTED SPEECH

DIRECT SPEECH	INDIRECT SPEECH
PRESENT  SIMPLE:she said "it`s cold."	PAST  SIMPLE:she said it was cold.
PRESENT CONTINUOUS:she said,"i`m  teaching english online."	PAST CONTINUOUS:she said she was teaching english online.
PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE:she said,"i`ve been on the web since 1999."	PAST PERFECT SIMPLE:she said she had been on the web since 1999.
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS:she said ,"i`ve been  teaching  english for seven years."	PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:she said she had been teaching english for seven years.
PAST SIMPLE:she said ,"i taught online yesterday ."	PAST PERFECT:she said she had taught online yesterday.
PAST CONTINUOUS:she said ,"i was teaching earlier."	PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:she  said had been teaching earlier.
PAST PERFECT:she said ,"the lesson had already started when he arrived."	PAST PERFECT:NO CHANGE-she said the lesson had already started when he arrived.
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:she said,"i`d already been teaching for five minutes."	PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS:NO CHANGE-she said she`d  already been teaching for five  minutes
MODAL  VERB FORMS ALSO SOMETIMES CHANGE:
DIRECT SPEECH	INDIRECT SPEECH
WILL:she said,"i`ll teach english online tomorrow".	WOULD:she said she would teach english online tomorrow.
CAN:she said,"i cant teach english online."	COULD:she said she could teach english online.
MUST:she said,"i must have a computer to teach english online."	HAD TO:she said she had to have a computer to teach english online.
SHALL:she said,"what shall we learn  today?"	SHOULD:she asked what we should learn today.
MAY:she said,"may i open a new browser?"	MIGHT:she  asked if she might open a new browser.