What are the tense changes in indirect speech?

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What are the tense changes in indirect speech?

The tense changes in indirect speech are as follows:

1. Present simple tense changes to past simple tense.
2. Present continuous tense changes to past continuous tense.
3. Present perfect tense changes to past perfect tense.
4. Present perfect continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
5. Past simple tense changes to past perfect tense.
6. Past continuous tense changes to past perfect continuous tense.
7. Past perfect tense remains unchanged.
8. Past perfect continuous tense remains unchanged.
9. Future simple tense changes to conditional tense.
10. Future continuous tense changes to conditional continuous tense.
11. Future perfect tense changes to conditional perfect tense.
12. Future perfect continuous tense changes to conditional perfect continuous tense.