Reported Speech - Tense Chart

Basic Tense Chart

present simple I'm a teacher.	past simple He said he was a teacher
present continuous I'm having lunch with my parents.	past continuous He said he was having lunch with his parents.
present perfect simple I've been to France three times.	past perfect simple He said he had been to France three times.
present perfect continuous I've been working very hard.	past perfect continuous He said he had been working very hard.
past simple I bought a new car.	past perfect He said he had bought a new car.
past continuous It was raining earlier.	past perfect continuous He said it had been raining earlier.
past perfect The play had started when I arrived.	past perfect NO CHANGE POSSIBLE
past perfect continuous I'd already been living in London for five years.	past perfect continuous NO CHANGE POSSIBLE

Other verb forms also sometimes change:

will I'll come and see you soon.	would He said he would come and see me soon.
can I can swim under water for two minutes.	could He said he could swim under water for two minutes.
must All tickets must be bought in advance.	had to He said that all tickets had to be bought in advance.
shall What shall we do about it?	should He asked what we should do about it.
may May I smoke?	might He asked if he might smoke.

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Exercises - Reported Speech / Statements

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Past Perfect Tense - Exercises

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Reported Speech - Grammar

Aussagesätze

Wird ein Satz in die indirekte Rede gesetzt, gibt es zwei Unterscheidungen.

1. Wenn der Einleitungssatz in der Gegenwart steht, dann bleibt die Zeitform der direkten Rede auch in der indirekten Rede erhalten. Wird ein Satz in die indirekte Rede gesetzt, gibt es zwei Unterscheidungen.

Beispiel:

Direkte Rede: Susan: "I work in an office."

Indirekte Rede: Susan says that she works in an office. (Der Einleitungssatz ist hier: Susan says)

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2. Wenn der Einleitungssatz in der Vergangenheit steht, dann wird die Zeitform verändert.

Beispiel:

Direkte Rede: Susan: "I work in an office."

Indirekte Rede: Susan said that she worked in an office. (Der Einleitungssatz ist hier: Susan said)

Die Zeitformen werden dabei wie folgt geändert:

Verschiebung von Zeitformen
vom	ins
Simple Present	Simple Past
Simple Past	Past Perfect
Present Perfect
Past Perfect
will	would
Progressive Formen
am/are/is	was/were
was/were	had been
has been
had been

Verschiebung von Zeitformen
von	in
Peter: "I work in the garden."	Peter said that he worked in the garden.
Peter: "I worked in the garden."	Peter said that he had worked in the garden.
Peter: "I have worked in the garden."
Peter: "I had worked in the garden."
Peter: "I will work in the garden."	Peter said that he would work in the garden.
Peter: "I can work in the garden."	Peter said that he could work in the garden.
Peter: "I may work in the garden."	Peter said that he might work in the garden.
Peter: "I would work in the garden." (could, might, should, ought to)	Peter said that he would work in the garden. (could, might, should, ought to)
Progressive Formen
Peter: "I am working in the garden."	Peter said that he was working in the garden.
Peter: "I was working in the garden."	Peter said that he had been working in the garden.
Peter: "I have been working in the garden."
Peter: "I had been working in the garden."

Wenn im Satz eine Zeitangabe steht, dann muss auch die geändert werden.

Peter: "I worked in the garden yesterday."
Peter said that he had worked in the garden the day before.

Verschiebung von Adverbien

this (evening)	that (evening)
today/this day	that day
these (days)	those (days)
now	then
(a week) ago	(a week) before
last weekend	the weekend before / the previous weekend
here	there
next (week)	the following (week)
tomorrow	the next/following day

Anmerkungen:
In einigen Fällen ist es nicht nötig, die Zeitformen zu verschieben, wenn z.B. Aussagen immer noch zutreffen.
John: "My brother is at Leipzig university."
John said that his brother was at Leipzig university. oder
John said that his brother is at Leipzig university.

oder wenn es sich um allgemein gültige Aussagen handelt.

Mandy: "The sun rises in the East."
Mandy said that the sun rose in the East. oder
Mandy said that the sun rises in the East.

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