Time and Place in Reported Speech When we report something, we may need to make changes to: time (now, tomorrow) place (here, this room) Don't confuse time with tense. "Tense" is the grammatical form of the verb that in the reported clause we sometimes shift back (backshift).
19.02.2013 · Backshifting happens when a verb tense is shifted back to a past form in reported speech. Though backshifting doesn’t happen in all reported speech, it does happen often. 1 Present Tenses Present tenses backshift to past tenses in reported speech. 2 Perfect Tenses
Benjamin: "I often have a big hamburger." · Hannah: "They live in Boston." · Tyler: "Ian doesn't invite girls to his parties." · Dominic: "She understands Japanese ...
Your friend is an exchange student in the USA at the moment. You are speaking with him on the phone and your friend Sue is standing next to you. She is very excited - you have to repeat every sentence to her. Complete the sentences in reported speech (no backshift). Note the change of pronouns, places and verbs. Tom: I'm fine.
24 rader · Backshift in Reported Speech In simple terms, the structure of reported speech is: reporting clause [+ conjunction] + reported clause We sometimes change the tense of the reported clause by moving it back one tense. For example, present simple goes back one tense to past simple. We call this change " backshift ". When do we use backshift?
Backshift in Reported Speech ... We sometimes change the tense of the reported clause by moving it back one tense. For example, present simple goes back one tense ...
backshifting the tense in the time clause from the present to the past perfect. So, in summary, it is not true to say that tenses in time clauses never back-shift in reported speech. It depends on how the reporter wishes to convey the current validity of what was said to him or her. Share Improve this answer edited Feb 2 '16 at 16:16 Marthaª
Learn English – Facts in reported speech – to backshift or not. backshifting reported-speech tense. Are these two sentences grammatically correct? Mona told me that London was the biggest city in England. He wanted to know where Manchester was. I found these two sentences by chance in an exercise book published by Egypt's Ministry of Education.
We sometimes change the tense of the reported clause by moving it back one tense. For example, present simple goes back one tense to past simple. We call this change 'backshift'.
When we use our own words to report speech, there are one or two things that we sometimes change: pronouns may need to change to reflect a different perspective; tense sometimes has to go back one tense (eg, present becomes past) - this is called backshift
In indirect speech, we often use a tense which is 'further back' in the past (e.g. worked) than the tense originally used (e.g. work ). This is called 'backshift'. We also may need to change other words that were used, for example pronouns. Present simple, present continuous and …
Backshift of Simple Past and Past Progressive is optional if they cannot be mistakenly taken for backshift of Present Tense. So backshift is not necessary if ...
16.07.2012 · When the reporting verb is in the present tense, we do not backshift . ‘I want to go home.’ (Direct speech) He has been saying that he wants to go home. (Indirect speech) ‘I have been waiting to hear from you.’ She says that she has been waiting to hear from me. (Indirect speech) ‘Did John come?’ He is asking whether John came.
When a speaker changes direct speech to reported speech, he or she will see that many changes take place. These changes can include modifications to pronouns, ...