Reported Speech Tenses - GrammarTOP.com
grammartop.com › reported-speech-tensestense usually has to go back one tense (present becomes past) – this is called backshift. Tenses 1. Present Simple and Present Continuous The general rule is that present tenses in direct speech change to past tenses in reported speech. Consider the following example: Julia: ‘I live in London.’ ‘I’m taking a course in German this year.’
REPORTED SPEECH - INGLÉS
inglescarmelitaslb.files.wordpress.com › 2011 › 05B. But indirect speech is usually introduced by a verb in the past tense. Verbs in the direct speech have then to be changed into a corresponding past tense. The changes are shown in the following table. DIRECT SPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH Simple Present “I never eat meat”, he explained. Simple Past = He explained (that) he never ate meat.
UNIT 9 REPORTED SPEECH A) - UV
ocw.uv.es › english-language › unidades_9_12Reported speech may or may not need a change in verbal tenses when converted from direct speech: NO CHANGE: As previously mentioned, at times, the reporting verb (e.g. he says, he tells me, etc.) is in the present. In this case, pronouns will change in indirect speech, but the tenses in the reported clause stay the same. DIRECT SPEECH: He says ...