Правило согласования времен

Sequence of Tenses

He lives in New York.

I thought(that) he lived in New York.

Одновременное действие

Я думал, (что) онживетв Нью-Йорке.

My mother is sleeping.

I knew that my mother was sleeping.

Одновременное действие

Я знал, что моя мамаспит.

He has returned from London.

I was toldthat he had returned from London.

Предшествующее действие

Мне сказали, что онвернулсяиз Лондона.

He bought a new car.

I heard that he had bought a new car.

Предшествующее действие

Я слышал, (что) онкупилновую машину.

He will send us a letter.

I supposed that he would send us a letter.

Последующее действие

Я полагал, что онпришлетнам письмо.

Прямая речь

Косвенная речь

He has said: “The ship will arrive at the end of the week”.

He has said that the ship will arrive at the end of the week.

Он сказал: «Пароход прибудет в конце недели».

Он сказал, что пароход прибудет в конце недели.

“The date of the next meeting hasn’t been fixed yet”, she mentioned.

She mentioned that the date of the next meeting hadn’t been fixed yet.

«Дата следующего собрания не установлена», упомянула она.

Она упомянула, что дата следующего собрания еще не установлена

“Calculate the profits for the first year”, he said.

He told them to calculate the profits for the first year.

«Рассчитайте прибыль за первый год», сказал он.

Он велел им рассчитать прибыль на следующий год.

Прямая речь

Косвенная речь

“I can fix it,” he said.

He said he could fix it.

“I can do it,” he said to me.

He told me he could do it.

He asked, “Are you OK?”

He asked me if I was OK.

He said to me, “Please, don’t go!”

He asked me not to go.

Выражения с say

say good morning/evening, etc., say something, say one’s prayers, say a few words, say so, say no more, say for certain, etc.

Выражения сtell

tell the truth, tell a lie, tell (somebody) the time, tell somebody one’s name, tell a story, tell a secret, tell somebody the way, tell one from another, tell somebody’s fortune, tell somebody so, tell the difference, etc.

Выражения сask

ask a favour, ask the time, ask a question, ask the price, etc.

Direct Speech

Indirect / Reported Speech

Present Simple

Ilike music.

Past Simple

He said he liked music.

Present Continuous

Isit raining?

Past Continuous

He asked if it was raining.

Present Perfect

She has never been there.

Have you ever been there?

Past Perfect

He said she had never been there.

He asked me if I had been there.

Present Perfect Continuous

I’vebeenwaiting for ages.

Past Perfect Continuous

He said he had been waiting for ages.

Past Simple

He didn’t recognize me.

Past Perfect

He said he hadn’t recognized me.

Past Perfect

We hadn’t met him before that day.

Past Perfect

They said they hadn’t met him.

Future

They will be late.

Conditional

(Future in the Past)

I was afraid they would be late.

can / may

Ican swim.

Itmaysnow.

could, might

He thought he could swim.

They hoped it might snow.

would, could, might,

ought to, should

You could/might be wrong.

would, could, might,

ought to, should

He thought I could/might be wrong.

must

Wemust go.

must/had to

He said theymust go.

He said theyhad to go.

Conditional

I would/should liketo see it.

Conditional

I said Iwould/should liketo see it.