In RS all tenses go “one step back”:
| Original tense
| Tense in RS
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| Present Simple
I live in Italy.
| ð Past Simple
She said she lived in Italy.
|
| Present Continuous
I'm living in Italy.
| ð Past Continuous
She said she was living in Italy.
|
| Present Perfect.
I have been to Italy.
| ðPast Perfect
She said she had been living in Italy.
|
| Present Perfect Continuous.
I have been working here for 3 years.
| ðPast Perfect Continuous
She said she had been working there for 3 years.
|
| Past Simple
I lived in Italy in 2002.
| ðPast Perfect
She said she had lived in Italy in 2002.
|
| Past Continuous.
I was living in Italy then.
| ðPast Perfect Continuous
She sais she had been living in Italy then.
|
| Past Perfect
I had lived in Italy.
| ðPast Perfect
She said she had lived in Italy
|
| Past Perfect Continuous.
I had been living in Italy for 2 months.
| ðPast Perfect Continuous
She said she had been living in Italy for 2 months.
|
| Be going to
I'm going to live in Italy
| ðWas/were going to
She said she was going to live in Italy.
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| Will
I will live in Italy.
| ðWould
She said she would live in Italy.
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| May/Might
I may live in Italy.
| ðMight
She said she might live in Italy.
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| Can
I can live in Italy.
| ðCould
She said she could live in Italy.
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| Must
I must go to Italy now.
| ðHad to
She said she had to go to Italy.
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