THERE ARE 3 TYPES OF DIRECT AND INDERECT SPEECH: 1) AFFIRMATIVE , INTERROGATIVE, IMPERATIVE.
If the verb (main sentence) of direct speech is in the Past Indefinite, Past Continuous or Past Perfect, the tenses are changing into another tenses of indirect speech, according to the rules of sequence of tenses.
DIRECT SPEECH (WAS) INDIRECT SPEECH (BECAME)
PRESENT INDEFINITE PAST INDEFINITE
PRESENT CONTINUOUSPAST CONTINOUOS
PRESENT PERFECT PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUSPAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
PAST INDEFINITEPAST PERFECT
PAST CONTINUOUS PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS
FUTURE INDEFINITEFUTURE IN THE PAST
FUTURE CONTINUOUS FUTURE IN THE PAST
FUTURE PERFECTFUTURE IN THE PAST

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