Reporte Speech chart

1. Reported Speech Chart
DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
Present Simple Past Simple
S + V (s/es) + C
“I like pizza”, said John.
S + V (in the past) + C
He said (that) he liked pizza.
Present Continuous Past Continuous
S + am/is/are + V-ing + C
“She is studying”, said John.
S + was/were + V-ing + C
John said (that) she was studying.
Past Simple Past Perfect
S + V (in the past) + C
“They arrived late”, said Clara.
S + had + past participle + C
Clara said (that) they had arrived late.
Past Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
S + was/were + V-ing + C
“I was watching TV”, said John.
S + had been + V-ing + C
He said (that) he had been watching TV.
Present Perfect Past Perfect
S + have/has + p.p. + C
“I have seen that movie”, said Clara.
S + had + p.p. + C
She said (that) she had seen that movie.
Present Perfect Continuous Past Perfect Continuous
S + have/has been + V-ing + C
“We have been waiting for you”, said John.
S + had been + V-ing + C
He said (that) they had been waiting for me.
Past Perfect Past Perfect
S + had + p.p. + C
“I had finished my work”, said Clara.
S + had + p.p. + C
She said (that) she had finished her work.
Will Would
S + will + V + C
“I will call you later”, said John.
S + would + V + C
He said (that) he would call you later.
Be going to Be going to (past)
S + am/is/are going to + V + C
“I am going to travel”, said Clara
S + was/were going to + V + C
She said (that) she was going to travel.
Can Could
S + can + V + C
“She can swim”, said John
S + could + V + C
John said (that) she could swim.
May Might
S + may + V + C
“It may rain”, said Clara
S + might + V + C
Clara said (that) it might rain.
Must Had to
S + must + V + C
“You must study”, said John
S + had to + V + C
John said (that) I had to study.

2. DIRECT SPEECH REPORTED SPEECH
This that
This day That day
These Those
These days Those days
Here There
Now Then
Today That day
Yesterday The day before
Tomorrow The following day
At the moment At that moment
Last night/week/month/year The night/week/month/year before
Next week/month/year The following week/month/year
Tonight That night
Ago Before/earlier