But this is not enough if we want to get perfect indirect or reported speech. In other words, adverbs, especially adverbs of time and place, also change forms, just as verbs do. Direct speech: Davido said, “I don’t want any controversy now.”Indirect speech: Davido said he didn’t want any controversy now. Among them are ‘yesterday’, which can become the previous day or the day before; and ‘last night’, which changes to the previous night or the night before. Reported speech in present tense not affectedRemember that the reporter can decide to use the present tense to report the speech.

Source: Punch February 05, 2019 00:11 UTC