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Indirect Speech: He wished good bye to his friends. Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order etc to match the mood of the sentence. Learn Narration
Indirect Speech: He wished good bye to his friends.
Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order etc to match the mood of the sentence.
See lessIndirect Speech: He requested me to wait there till he returned. Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence. And When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in tRead more
Indirect Speech: He requested me to wait there till he returned.
Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence.
And When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present indefinite tense (simple present tense), then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past indefinite tense.
Present Indefinite Tense > Past Indefinite Tense.
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Indirect Speech: He thanked me. Explanation: In the case of optative sentences, we simply used "thanked". In addition, when reporting verb is in the past tense, reported speech changes from present indefinite tense to past indefinite tense. Learn Narration
Indirect Speech: He thanked me.
Explanation: In the case of optative sentences, we simply used “thanked”. In addition, when reporting verb is in the past tense, reported speech changes from present indefinite tense to past indefinite tense.
See lessIndirect Speech: He asked me where I lived. Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present indefinite tense (simple present tense), then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past indefinite tense. Present Indefinite Tense > Past IRead more
Indirect Speech: He asked me where I lived.
Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present indefinite tense (simple present tense), then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past indefinite tense.
Present Indefinite Tense > Past Indefinite Tense.
And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs – asked, enquired, etc.
See lessIndirect Speech: He prayed that God might bless me. Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence. If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, may cRead more
Indirect Speech: He prayed that God might bless me.
Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence.
If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like can changes to could, may changes to might, will/shall change to would, have to changes to had to etc.
See lessIndirect Speech: He asked me what I was doing. Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present continuous tense, then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past continuous tense. Present Continuous Tense > Past Continuous Tense. AndRead more
Indirect Speech: He asked me what I was doing.
Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present continuous tense, then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past continuous tense.
Present Continuous Tense > Past Continuous Tense.
And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs like asked, enquired, etc.
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Indirect Speech: He requested me to help him. Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence. Learn Narration
Indirect Speech: He requested me to help him.
Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence.
See lessIndirect Speech: He told me that he didn't believe me. Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present indefinite tense (simple present tense), then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past indefinite tense. Present Indefinite TenseRead more
Indirect Speech: He told me that he didn’t believe me.
Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the present indefinite tense (simple present tense), then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past indefinite tense.
Present Indefinite Tense > Past Indefinite Tense.
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The boy said that he had gone to school every day.
The boy said that he had gone to school every day.
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Indirect Speech: I advised him/her/them not to waste his/her/their time. Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence. Learn Narration
Indirect Speech: I advised him/her/them not to waste his/her/their time.
Explanation: While reporting imperative sentences we use reporting verbs like ask, request, beg, order, advise, wish etc to match the mood of the sentence.
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