Report Speech

Reported Speech (ou indirect speech) é quando precisamos declarar algo

que alguém falou, sem reproduzir exatamente as mesmas palavras.

Ex.
I'll be back in two hours. (direct speech)
He (She) said that he (she) would be back in two hours. (indirect speech)

Em regra geral, estas conversões sofrem mudanças quandto às expressões de tempo (tempos verbais), uma vez que as respostas dos discursos diretos (reported speech) devem estar no passado.

Veja como ficam o report speech em alguns tempos verbais:

Direct Speech = Reported Speech

simple present = simple past

present continuous = past continuous

present perfect = past perfect

present perfect continuous = past perfect continuous

simple past = past perfect

past continuous = past perfect continuous

past perfect = past perfect

can = cold

may = might

must = had to

this = that

these = those

here = there

now = then

today = that day