She said (that)

She said to me (that)

She told me (that)

Direct speech Reported speech

Present simple Past simple
am, is, are was, were
play(s) played (went -2)
do, does (don’t, doesn’t) did, (didn’t)
Present Continuous Past Continuous
am, is, are + play+ing was, were + play+ing
Present Perfect Past Perfect
have, has +play + ed (3) had +play + ed (3)
Past simple Past simple, Past Perfect
played (went -2) played (went -2), had +played (had gone)

Past Continuous Past Continuous, Past Perfect Continuous

was, were + play+ing was, were + play+ing, had been + play+ing

Will Would

today that day

yesterday the day before, the previous day
tomorrow the next/ following day
this week that week
last week the week before, the previous week
next week the week after, the following week
ago before
here there
now then