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| Pioussoul wrote: | | Improving_MY_English wrote: | this sentence in direct speech is in Simple Past[both parts] and in my CALLAN book, when it was changed into passive they didn't change the tense. and I was wondering why??? can we do that sometimes?? if yes, when??
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Hi, I'm sorry I am totally at sea about your question above, which doesn't conform to your base sentence.Would you rephrase it morely clearly with examples so that we could help you? |
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I meant that this sentence:
DIRECT SPEECH: I had a book in my hand when i came into the room at the beginning of the lesson
has 2 verbs, and both are in simple past. and in my book reported speech look like this:
REPORTED SPEECH: you said that you had a book in ypur hand when you came into the room at the beginning of the lesson.
so they didn't change the tenses, 2 verbs are still in simple past. and I need to know when we shouldn't change the tenses, so when sipmle past in direct speech stays as simple past in reported speech. |
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Well, your question is not a problem with "passive" but with "tense" in reported speeches. First, you didn't say it clearly and right in your base sentences. Your direct speech should go like the following:
You said, "I had a book in my hand when i came into the room at the beginning of the lesson."
When we change it into indirect speech, we get:
You said you had had a book in your hand when you had come into the room at the beginning of the lesson.