In Present perfect^x, Direct speech^x

Hello. Sorry to hear you're feeling uncomfortable with this type of activity. But you're not alone: I would be, too!The sentences lack context, which makes it difficult to tell when tense changes are necessary and when they are not (among other things).There is one sentence that is wrong...

Definitely not the present perfect! The second 'if' in your sentence means 'whether', so I'm going to change it in order to avoid any "if' confusion".- If I was on vacation, the last thing I would care about would be whether I had closed the fridge."The...

Nothing special: ------- In indirect speech, a speaker's present perfect and past tenses are often reported using past perfect tenses (because the events he/she spoke about had happened before she/he spoke, and because the reporters's point of view is not the same as the original...

Hi, When the reporting verb is simple present, present perfect, or future, the noun clause verb is not changed. I think this rule needs to explain 'changed from what'? Any tense that she uses in her direct speech? In other words, I think you have to look at the direct speech to...

Hi, When the reporting verb is simple present, present perfect, or future, the noun clause verb is not changed. I think this rule needs to explain 'changed from what'? Any tense that she uses in her direct speech? In other words, I think you have to look at the direct speech to...

I immediately tell someone else: "He said he has been having trouble with the present perfect tense". This sounds perfectly natural to the native speaker.I think you may be right as long as spoken English is concerned. But I, as a learner of English, am hesitant to write such tense-reversed...

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".

There are 8 rules for direct- indirect speech Rama said to Mohan, " I get up at 6'o clock" Here : Rama said to Mohan REPORTING VERB " I get up at 6'o clock" REPORTED SPEECH Rule 1. If the reporting verb is in past tense than the tense of the reported speech will change as follows : 1....

>We told Sharon that her comments didn't really relate to the key issues at hand. is correct. I think, the direct speech sentence is in simple present: "Your comments don't relate to the key issues." When the "introduction"part of a sentence in indirect speech is in a past tense form (here:...