Reported Speech
Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said.
Backshift: to report we use a tense which is further back that the tense that is originally used.
I travel a lot in my job.
RS: Juan said that she travelled a lot in her job.
The baby's sleeping!
RS: He told me the baby was sleeping.
I've hurt my leg.
RS: He said He'd hurt her leg.
We lived in China for five years.
RS: She told me they'd lived in China for five years.