Present Continuous tense sentence turns intro which tense in narration?
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Normally, the tense in reported speech is one tense back in time from the tense in direct speech: She said, "I am tired." = She said that she was tired.
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Tense changes when using reported speech.
Phrase in direct speech Equivalent in reported speech
Simple past Past perfect
"Bill arrived on Saturday", he said. He said that Bill had arrived on Saturday.
One simple example of this tense is: He is swimming. "He" is the subject, "is" is the present tense of the verb to be and "swimming" is the present participle verb form. Some other forms of this verb tense are: I am singing at church today.
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