The Rules of the Sequence of Tenses Правила согласования времен

Present Simple

I said, “ I work here”

Past Simple

I said I worked there

Present Continuous

I said, " I am working here"

Past Continuous

I said I was working there

Present Perfect

I said, " I have always worked here"

Past Perfect

I said I had always worked there

Present Perfect Continuous

I said, " I have been working here for a year"

Past Perfect Continuous

I said I had been working there for a year

Past Simple

I said, "I worked there 2 years ago"

Past Perfect

I said I had worked there 2 years before

Past Continuous

I said, "I was working there at 5 0`clock yesterday"

Past Continuous or Past Perfect Continuous

I said I was (had been) working there at 5 0`clock the day before

Future Simple (Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous)

Future Simple (Continuous, Perfect, Perfect Continuous) in the Past

Today

That day

Tomorrow

Yesterday

Last week

Next week(month, year)

A week(month, year) ago

In a week(month, year)

this

these

here

now

The next(following) day

The day before(the previous day)

The previous week

The next(following) week

A week(month, year) before

A week(month, year) later

that

those

there

then

Утверждения: to say (to smb) - сказать,to announce (to smb) - объявить, to tell smb – рассказать к-л, to inform smb- проинформиовать к-л, to declare- заявить, to promise -обещать, to remark - заметить, to assure smb-уверить к-л

She promised that she would help her friends

Вопросы:to ask-спрашивать, to wonder-интересоваться, to inquire of smb-поинтересоваться (официально)

We wondered when he had returned home

Просьбы и приказания: to tell smb-велеть, to order-приказать, to ask попросить, to beg-умолять, to urge-настоятельно убеждать

We ordered the children to come home