Narration change...Future Tense and..................
What happens when the reporting verb is in the past tense and the reported tense is in the future tense?
The answer to this question is you do'nt have to make a lot of changes in the verb form in the indirect speech. Just change shall and will or the direct speech into would ( not should) in the indirect speech and you will get what you want. Let us study the following examples::
1. Sukanya said to SPK ," I shall send my reply tomorrow."
Indirect= Sukanya said to SPK that she would send her reply the next day.
It is very easy, isn't it? Just avoid using 'should' in ordinary cases in place of will. You 'should' when it means it is a duty. Okay, let us now discuss some other examples. Study the following examples:
1. My mother said to me,'' Please, give me a glass of water.' (It is a request) So we will change the reporting verb. We will use Requested' in place of 'said'.
Indiret= Mother' requested 'me to give her a glass of water.
( You will notice another change in this kind of sentences. In earlier examples we formed complex sentences in the indirect speech but in this case we have formed a SIMPLE sentence with the help of an infinitive. ( to give ).
In the cases of requests, advice, commands, orders, urging, encouraging etc. we will use the infinitive.
You can form negative sentences. But in the case of interrogative sentences you have make a couple of changes:
a) Don't use that as a linking word. Use the interrogative pronouns as linking words. Examples:
1. Gargi said to Apratim,'' What are you doing now?''
Indirect= Gargi asked Apratim what he was doing then.
( You you observe minutely you will find that we have changed the reporting verb from said to asked. ii) we have retained the linking word what and we have discarded the question mark. IT IS NO LONGER AN INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE. We will have to continue our discussion for a little longer in our next lesson.
spk 29/7/15
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