Present Continuous

 My boyfriend is buying some new clothes, she said.

My mother is going to the supermarket, the boy said.

Past Continuous

She said that his boyfriend was buying some new clothes.

The boy said that his mother was going to the supermarket.

Past Simple

My friend went to the cinema last night.

I bought new magazines yesterday, she said.

Past Perfect Simple

He said that his friend had gone to the cinema last night.

She said the she had bought new magazines.

Past Continuous

I was working all day, he said.

I was writing a letter when he called me, she said.

Past Perfect Continuous

He said that he had been working all day.

She said that she had been writing a letter when he called her.

Present Perfect Simple

 She said, "I've already eaten my lunch.

Pat said, “I haven’t eaten my lunch yet”.

Past Perfect Simple

She told me that she had already eaten her lunch.

Pat told me that she had not eaten her lunch yet.

Present Perfect Continuous

I´ve been  working in this shop for the last three years, he said.

Past Perfect Continuous

He told me that he had been working in this shop for the last three years.

Past Perfect Simple

I had been in Buenos Aires two years ago, she said.

We had studied English and French during the last two months, they said.

Past Perfect Simple (*NO CHANGE)

She told me that she had been in Buenos Aires two years ago.

They told that they had studied English and French during the last two months.

Past Perfect Continuous

They said” We had been working in that company for long years before we retired”

Past Perfect Continuous (*NO CHANGE

)

They said that they had been working in that company for long years before they retired.