1. Shift from present tenses to past tenses (Cambios de los tiempos verbales del presente al pasado)

2. Los verbos que siguen a say o tell en el estilo indirecto suelen cambiar de un tiempo de presente a otro de pasado . ¡OJO!

3. Examples Present simple Past simple * Rosa said that she was happy . *The I became she because Rosa was talking about herself. Present continuous Past continuous *Sheila said that Thao was studying.

4. WEBSiTE http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_tensec.html http://www.ezine.com/main/newsletters/action/archives/id/1855 TRABAJO REALiZADO POR: Alejandro Blanco Zamora y Mercedes Palma Morales.