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Re: My Direct Speech to Put into Indirect

SpoonfedBaby — Tue, 30 Aug 2005 13:41:07 GMT

Hello everybody,

I'm working on the rules of the reported speech and the ones on the future in the past.

A practical English Grammar wrote:

reported speech:
He said, âAnn will be in Paris on Monday.â >>> He said that Ann would be in Paris on Monday. (Future >>> Conditional)
âI never eat meat,â he explained >>> He explained that he never ate meat. (Present simple >>> past simple)

How English Works wrote:

future in the past:
When we are talking about the past, we often want to say that something was still in the future at that time. To express this idea, we can use the past progressive (was â¦ing), was going to â¦, would, or was to.
As the Duchess had said, the fact that Emily was marrying a general was a very adequate excuse for such ceremony at the wedding.

Pevious threads wrote:

My initial direct speech sentence:
When I registered my aunt at the gym, I asked them, âAre you going to give her money back if she doesnât like it?â

My sentence transformed into a reported speech sentence:
When I registered my aunt at the gym, I asked them whether they would give her money back, if she didn't like it.

Now, here my sentence is changed into what I would say if I had to talk about the past:

As they said when I registered her at the gym, the fact that the gym had this policy she would be reimbursed if she was to not like it.

Please, tell me if my last sentence is right. Do I understand the right way the reported speech and the future in the past?

I'm very grateful for your help.

SFB

TENSES

casas — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:00:04 GMT

Please help me, could u tell me what these are, I wrote that I think they might be, but im not sure

Look through the following sentences and decide which are in the PRESENT SIMPLE tense, which are in the PAST SIMPLE tense and which are referring to future time.

E.g. 1. We visited Spain last year. Past simple
2. The shop on the corner is open every Sunday. Present simple
3. I wrote a letter last week. Past simple
4. They will find the new exam difficult. Future simple
5. He decided not to buy a new car. past Simple
6. He goes to bed at 10 pm every night. Present Simple
7. She looked beautiful in her wedding dress. Past simple
8. I'll see you tomorrow night. Future
9. I love you. Present Simple

Exercise 4
Using all the verb phrases we have looked at so far, decide which is being used in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.

1. I am going out at 5 o'clock. Present progressive
2. We had finished eating before they arrived. Past perfect
3. I met Mark as I was walking to the shops. Past progressive
4. I had been working all night and was exhausted. Past perfect
5. She had had that dog since she was ten. Future progressive
6. He cycled to work every day. past simple
7. I have been waiting for you over an hour. present perfect progressive
8. He became a recluse in later life. Past perfect
9. They will have finished their work before dinner time. Future perfect
10. I'll be waiting by the clock tower. future progressive

Exercise 5
Decide which tense or form is correct.

1. She's been teaching English since 1990. future perfect
2. After a year abroad, I'll have done a lot. future perfect
3. I go to the cinema twice a week. Present simple
4. They were living in America last year. Past progressive
5. She's washing her hair right now. Present progressive
6. He worked in Greece for three years. Past simple
7. I've been here for six months. present perfect
8. I'll be seeing my mother next week. future progressive
9. I'll see you tomorrow. 'will' future
10. By the end of the month, I'd spent all my money. Past perfect
11. She's going to try to get into college next year. present simple progressive

Please help me, Are the tenses correct?

casas — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 20:38:06 GMT

Exercise 2
Look through the following sentences and decide which are in the PRESENT SIMPLE tense, which are in the PAST SIMPLE tense and which are referring to future time.

E.g. 1. We visited Spain last year. Past simple
2. The shop on the corner is open every Sunday. Past simple
3. I wrote a letter last week. Past simple
4. They will find the new exam difficult. Present SimplePast simpleFuture
5. He decided not to buy a new car. Present Simple
6. He goes to bed at 10 pm every night. Present Simple
7. She looked beautiful in her wedding dress. Past simple
8. I'll see you tomorrow night. Future
9. I love you. Present Simple

Exercise 4
Using all the verb phrases we have looked at so far, decide which is being used in the following sentences. The first one has been done for you.

1. I am going out at 5 o'clock. Present progressive
2. We had finished eating before they arrived. Past progressive
3. I met Mark as I was walking to the shops. Past progressive
4. I had been working all night and was exhausted. Past perfect
5. She had had that dog since she was ten. Future progressive
6. He cycled to work every day. Present simple
7. I have been waiting for you over an hour. Present perfect
8. He became a recluse in later life. Past perfect
9. They will have finished their work before dinner time. Future perfect
10. I'll be waiting by the clock tower. Past perfect progressive

Exercise 5
Decide which tense or form is correct.

1. She's been teaching English since 1990. Present perfect progressive
2. After a year abroad, I'll have done a lot. 'will' future
3. I go to the cinema twice a week. Present perfect
4. They were living in America last year. Past progressive
5. She's washing her hair right now. Present perfect progressive
6. He worked in Greece for three years. Past simple
7. I've been here for six months. Future perfect
8. I'll be seeing my mother next week. Present perfect progressive
9. I'll see you tomorrow. 'will' future
10. By the end of the month, I'd spent all my money. Past simple
11. She's going to try to get into college next year. Past simple