REPORT SPEECH

	Direct speech		Indirect speech
	Present simple	›	Past simple
	She said, "It's cold."		She said it was cold.
	Present continuous	›	Past continuous
	She said, "I'm teaching English online."		She said she was teaching English online.
	Present perfect simple	›	Past perfect simple
	She said, "I've been on the web since 1999."		She said she had been on the web since 1999.
	Present perfect continuous	›	Past perfect continuous
	She said, "I've been teaching English for seven years."		She said she had been teaching English for seven years.
	Past simple	›	Past perfect
	She said, "I taught online yesterday."		She said she had taught online yesterday.
	Past continuous	›	Past perfect continuous
	She said, "I was teaching earlier."		She said she had been teaching earlier.
	Past perfect	›	Past perfect
	She said, "The lesson had already started when he arrived."		NO CHANGE - She said the lesson had already started when he arrived.
	Past perfect continuous	›	Past perfect continuous
	She said, "I'd already been teaching for five minutes."		NO CHANGE - She said she'd already been teaching for five minutes.
	Modal verb forms also sometimes change:
	Direct speech		Indirect speech
	will	›	would
	She said, "I'll teach English online tomorrow."		She said she would teach English online tomorrow.
	can	›	could
	She said, "I can teach English online."		She said she could teach English online.
	must	›	had to
	She said, "I must have a computer to teach English online."		She said she had to have a computer to teach English online.
	shall	›	should
	She said, "What shall we learn today?"		She asked what we should learn today.
	may	›	might
	She said, "May I open a new browser?"		She asked if she might open a new browser.