Direct and Indirect Speech for Past Simple and Past Continuous tense

Indirect Speech for Past Simple Tense:

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If the Direct Speech is in the Past Simple Tense the Reported/Indirect speech will change into Past Perfect Tense. The Helping verb 'had' and Past participle will use in the indirect/Reported Speech.

For Example:

Direct Speech: He said, "we went to the Old Grammar institute of the city

Indirect/Reported Speech: He said that they had gone to the Old grammar institute of the city.

Direct Speech: Smith Said, "he wrote the final letter to his classmate".

Reported/Indirect Speech: Smith said that he had written the final letter to his classmate.

Direct Speech: They said to me, "She got her new Motorolla mobile".

Reported/indirect Speech: They said to me that she had gotten her new Motorolla mobile.

Direct Speech: we said, "You cleared all the Obstacles Successfully".

Reported/Indirect Speech: We said that you had cleared all the Obstacles Successfully.

Direct Speech: She said. "I wished to learn the Indirect speech of Past simple Tense".

Reported/Indirect Speech: She said that had wished to learn the Indirect speech of Past Simple tense.

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Indirect Speech for Past Continuous tense:

The tense of Past continuous tense changes into Past Perfect Continuous when we convert its Direct speech into Reported/indirect speech.

The Helping verbs of Past continuous 'was' & 'were' will change into 'had been' with the present Participle (first form) form of the Verb and ING.

For Example:

Direct Speech: She said, "we were making the frames of sunglasses".

Reported/Indirect Speech: She said that they had been making the frames of sunglasses.

Direct Speech: He said, "I was planning to visit the beautiful valleys of northern Pakistan".

Reported/Indirect Speech: He said that he had been planning to visit the beautiful valleys of Northern Pakistan.

Direct Speech: They said. "we were dancing with the loud Pop music".
Reported/Indirected Speech: They said that they had been dancing with the loud Pop music.

Direct Speech: Taylor said to me, "I was Learning the basic English Grammar".
Reported/Indirect Speech:  Taylor said to me that he had been learning the Basic English Grammar.

Direct Speech: She said. " Aliza was challenging all of her classmates for a 5km race:.
Reported/Indirect Speech: She said that Aliza had been challenging all of her classmates for a 5k race.

Direct Speech: They said, "we were writing the Examples of  Indirect speech of Past continuous tense".
Indirect/Reported Speech: They said that they had been writing the examples of Indirect speech of Past continuous tense.