Past continuous without specifing moment
Classified in English
Written at on 
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| Phrase in Direct Speech | Equivalent in Reported Speech |
|---|---|
| Simple present | Simple past |
| She said that she always drank coffee. | |
| Present continuous | Past continuous |
| "I am reading a book", he explained. | He explained that he was reading a book |
| Simple past | Past perfect |
| "Bill arrived on Saturday", he said. | He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday. |
| Present perfect | Past perfect |
| "I have been to Spain", he told me. | He told me that he had been to Spain. |
| Past perfect | Past perfect |
| "I had just turned out the light," he explained. | He explained that he had just turned out the light. |
| Present perfect continuous | Past perfect continuous |
| They complained, "We have been waiting for hours". | They complained that they had been waiting for hours. |
| Past continuous | Past perfect continuous |
| "We were living in Paris", they told me. | They told me that they had been living in Paris. |
| Future | Present conditional |
| "I will be in Geneva on Monday", he said. | He said that he would be in Geneva on Monday. |
| Future continuous | Conditional continuous |
She said, "I'll be using the car next Friday". | She said that she would be using the car next Friday. |
| now | then, at that time |
| today | that day, on Sunday, yesterday |
| tonight | that night, last night, on Sunday night |
| tomorrow | the next day/ the following day, on Sunday, today |
| yesterday | the day before/ the previous day, on Sunday |
| last night | the night before/ the previous night, on Sunday night |
| this week | that week, last week |
| last month | the month before/ the previous month, in May |
| next year | the following year, in 2014 |
| two minutes ago | two minutes before |
| in one hour | one hour later |