When a verb is in present simple (am, is, are), it changes to (was, were), in the reported speeck we could let the verb in the same tense or we could change it into the past tense, both are correct.
When the direct speech is in past simple, we have to reported to paste perfect.
Ex. Oscar said, "She did't pay attention"
Reported Speech: Oscar said that she had't paid attention.
When the direct speech is in present continous, the reported speech must be in past continous,
Ex. Oscar said, "He is playing soccer".
Reported Speech: Oscar said that he was playing soccer.
When the direct speech is in past perfect, we change it into pas perfect.
Ex. Monica sad, "He have done the job".
Reported Speech: Monica said that he had done the job.
When the direct speech has a "will", we must report it into a "would"
When the direct speech has a "could", we must report it into a "could"
When the direct speech has a "might", "should", "could" and "ought to", we don't make any changes.
When the direct speech has a "have to/ has to", we report it into a "had to".
Ex. She told him, "You have to run 5 km".
She told him that he had to run 5km.
When we have a "shalll" in the direct speech, we report it into a "sould"
When the direct speech has an imperative sentence, we report like this way.
Ex. Laura said, "Never ask for money".
Laura said to never ask for money.
When the direct speech is a sentence, we report it into a "if" and we use the same rules of tenses in reported speech
Ivan asked him, "Do you have money?"
Ivan asked if he had money.
Ivan asked her, "Did you enjoy the movie?"
Ivan asked her if she had enjoyed the movie.
tomorrow- the following day
yesterday- the day before
last week- the week before
next month- the following month
Mario told me, "Julia will go to Paris the next month".
Mario told me that Julia would go to Paris the following month.
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