REPORTED SPEECH - INGLÉS
inglescarmelitaslb.files.wordpress.com › 2011 › 05B. But indirect speech is usually introduced by a verb in the past tense. Verbs in the direct speech have then to be changed into a corresponding past tense. The changes are shown in the following table. DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH Simple Present “I never eat meat”, he explained. Simple Past = He explained (that) he never ate meat.