EXAMPLE OF REPORTED SPEECH:

·         simple past
He said (that) he went to school every day.

·         past perfect
He said (that) he had gone to school every day.

·         past progressive
He said (that) he was going to school every day.

·         perfect progressive
He said (that) he had been going to school every day.

·         would + verb name
He said (that) he would go to school every day.

·         present progressive
He said (that) he is going to school every day.

·         infinitive
He said to go to school every day.

·         Could
He said he could swim under water for two minutes.

·         Had to 
He said that all tickets had to be bought in advance.

·         Should 
He asked what we should do about it.

·         Might 
He asked if he might smoke.

·         Tell + infinitive 
He told me to shut up.

·         Tell + not + infinitive 
He told me not to do it again.

·         Ask + infinitive 
He asked me to give him some money.