Rules for narration change when the reporting verb is in the past tense...........
DIRECT SPEECH (Repoted verb) INDIRECT SPEECH
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1.Present Indefinite becomes 1.Past Indefinite
2.Present Continuous becomes 2. Past Continuous
3. Present Perfect becomes 3. Past perfect
4. Present Perfect Continuous becomes 4. Past Perfect Continuous
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5. Past Indefinite becomes 5. Past Perfect
6. .Past Continuous becomes 6. Past Perfect Continuous
7. .Past Perfect becomes 7. Past Perfect
8. Past Perfect Continuous becomes 8. Past Perfect Continuous
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All the future forms Shall becomes would/should
Will becomes would
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Can becomes could
May becomes might
Should and Must have only 1 form in all the tenses. So you need not change them as you cannot.
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a) Now becomes then/at that time
b) Today becomes that day
c) Yesterday becomes the previous time
d) Tomorrow becomes the next day
e) Tonight becomes that night/ last night
etc, etc,etc......
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We shall do the actual narration change in the next lesson.
WE PAY OUR HOMAGE AND TRIBUTE TO DR> APJ ABDUL KALAM . HE MADE US PROUD OF OURSELVES AS INDIAN. SOME OF YOU HAVE READ HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT,''WINGS OF FIRE". THOSE WHO HAVE NOT , PLEASE READ THIS INSPIRATIONAL BOOK
DIRECT SPEECH (Repoted verb) INDIRECT SPEECH
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1.Present Indefinite becomes 1.Past Indefinite
2.Present Continuous becomes 2. Past Continuous
3. Present Perfect becomes 3. Past perfect
4. Present Perfect Continuous becomes 4. Past Perfect Continuous
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5. Past Indefinite becomes 5. Past Perfect
6. .Past Continuous becomes 6. Past Perfect Continuous
7. .Past Perfect becomes 7. Past Perfect
8. Past Perfect Continuous becomes 8. Past Perfect Continuous
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All the future forms Shall becomes would/should
Will becomes would
******************************************************************************************************************************************************************
Can becomes could
May becomes might
Should and Must have only 1 form in all the tenses. So you need not change them as you cannot.
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a) Now becomes then/at that time
b) Today becomes that day
c) Yesterday becomes the previous time
d) Tomorrow becomes the next day
e) Tonight becomes that night/ last night
etc, etc,etc......
=======================================================================
We shall do the actual narration change in the next lesson.
WE PAY OUR HOMAGE AND TRIBUTE TO DR> APJ ABDUL KALAM . HE MADE US PROUD OF OURSELVES AS INDIAN. SOME OF YOU HAVE READ HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT,''WINGS OF FIRE". THOSE WHO HAVE NOT , PLEASE READ THIS INSPIRATIONAL BOOK
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