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Direct speech

Indirect speech

Present simple She said, "I feel bad."

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Past simple She said she felt bad.

Present continuous She said, "I'm learning English online."

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Past continuous She said she was learning English online.

Present perfect simple She said, "I've taken this medicine."

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Past perfect simple She said she had taken that medicine.

Present perfect continuous She said, "I've been suffering from Angina pectoris for seven years."

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Past perfect continuous She said she had been suffering from Angina pectoris for seven years.

Past simple She said, "I had severe headache yesterday."

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Past perfect She said she had had severe headache the day before.

Past continuous She said, "I was waiting for a doctor for 2 hours."

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Past perfect continuous She said she had been waiting for a doctor for 2 hours.

Past perfect She said, "The lesson had already started when he arrived."

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Past perfect NO CHANGE - She said the lesson had already started when he arrived.

Past perfect continuous She said, "I'd been suffering from Angina pectoris before shunting."

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Past perfect continuous NO CHANGE - She said she'd been suffering from Angina pectoris before shunting.

shall, will = future tense She said, "I'll undergo ECG tomorrow."

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should, would She said she would undergo ECG the next day.

Pronoun change