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Sir I am a bit confused that how simple past in reported indirect speech gets converted to present perfect tense not to simple present in reported direct speech in St Patrick said All the snakes have been driven out of Ireland and they have swum to England

direct speech i am ill indirect speech He said that he was ill They are true sentences becaus indirect speech is past and you must speak past tense He said that he was ill You must understand he is ill now For e g Kelly I can t come to party this evening because i am very tired Mike I see No...

Yogi2005 wrote hello everybody I d like to know if backshift of tense is neccessary in every day speech My example from a book says direct speech He said I live in Paris Indirect speech He said he lived in Paris o k Would it be a mistake if I said He said he lives in Paris I know that he still...

hello everybody I d like to know if backshift of tense is neccessary in every day speech My example from a book says direct speech He said I live in Paris Indirect speech He said he lived in Paris Would it be a mistake if I said He said he lives in Paris I know that he still lives in Paris 2 Are...

In one of my questions of converting direct to indirect speech According to St Patrick all the snakes were driven out of Ireland and they swam to England The answer was suggested as St Patrick said All the snakes were driven out of Ireland and they swam to England I have learnt that in case of a...

Hi All 1 gt What are the rules for order of tenses It would be really nice to know the order in which tenses can be used 2 gt Since I am a realist I did not take his words Correct 3 gt Also wanted to know the usage of would I would do that is this equivalent to i will do that in that future Also...

Yes everything is correct I m absolutely agree with Goldmund The main point which one should remember when converting sentences from Direct into Indirect speech is to be very careful with tenses Converting you make a step back I mean turn Past Simple into Past Perfect

is is the 3rd person singular present tense of to be was is 3rd person simple past of to be Reading your sentences I would put this interpretation on them I thought he is late I think this need some speech marks Perhaps you are telling someone about something that happened in the past you are...

Paco Sounds your books are telling merely that some native speakers don t do always the tense backshift in direct to indirect speech conversion But I don t take it as that those books are saying ESL students always have to follow that kind of speech made by grammatically illiterate native...

If we use passive voice we don t have to change it in reported speech Am I right JTT That s right Sounds your books are telling merely that some native speakers don t do always the tense backshift in direct to indirect speech conversion But I don t take it as that those books are saying ESL...