Simple past grammar
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Tense Direct Speech
Tense Reported Speech
Present Simple
“I eat an apple”
Pas Past Simple
Sally She said that she ate an apple
Present Continuous
“I am eating
Past Past Continuous
Sally She said she was eating an ap
Present Perfect
“I have eaten
Past Past Perfect
Sally She said she had eaten an appl
Past Simple
“I ate an apple”
Past Past Perfect
Sally She said she had eaten an appl
Past Continuous
“I was eating
Past Past Perfect
continuous
Sally She said she had been eating …
Past Perfect
“ I had eaten
Past Past Perfect
Sally She said she had eaten an appl
Future WILL
“I will eat an apple”
W WOULD
Sally She said she would eat an appl
CAN M MUST
MAY
COULD
SHOULD
“I can eat an apple”
“I must eat an apple”
“I may eat an apple”
“ I could eat an apple”
“I should eat
COULD
HAD TO
MIGH T
COULD
SHOULD
Sally She said she could eat an appl
Sally she had to eat an appl
Sally she might eat an appl
Sally she could eat an appl
Sally she should eat an ap