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مشاهدة النسخة كاملة : direct and indirect speech and its tenses


moonlight19
2010-07-26, 19:27
Direct and indirect speech
Direct Speech  Indirect Speech
simple present
He said, “I go to school every day.”  simple past
He said (that) he went to school every day.
simple past
He said, “I went to school every day.”  past perfect
He said (that) he had gone to school every day.
present perfect
He said, “I have gone to school every day.”  past perfect
He said (that) he had gone to school every day.
present progressive(continuous)
He said, “I am going to school every day.”  past progressive
He said (that) he was going to school every day.
past progressive
He said, “I was going to school every day.”  perfect progressive
He said (that) he had been going to school every day,
future (will)
He said, “I will go to school every day.”  would + verb name
He said (that) he would go to school every day.
future (going to)
He said, “I am going to school every day.”  present progressive
He said (that) he is going to school every day.
past progressive
He said (that) he was going to school every day
Direct Speech  Indirect Speech
auxiliary + verb name
He said, “Do you go to school every day?”
He said, “Where do you go to school?”  simple past
He asked me if I went to school every day.*
He asked me where I went to school.
imperative
He said, “Go to school every day.”  infinitive
He said to go to school every day.

Direct Speech  Indirect Speech
simple present + simple present
He says, “I go to school every day.”  simple present + simple present
He says (that) he goes to school every day.
present perfect + simple present
He has said, “I go to school every day.”  present perfect + simple present
He has said (that) he goes to school every day.
past progressive + simple past
He was saying, “I went to school every day.”  past progressive + simple past
He was saying (that) he went to school every day.
past progressive + past perfect
He was saying (that) he had gone to school every day.
future + simple present
He will say, “I go to school every day.”  future + simple present
He will say (that) he goes to school every day.
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ammar_phys
2010-08-06, 18:27
Thank you very much moonlight19.....It's good lesson....many of us do not distinguish between the two modes....may Allah increase our knowledge...Allahoma zidna ilmaan wa alimna ma jahilna...