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    Default Re: Indirect English ;)

    Quote Originally Posted by ProudToBeMuslim View Post
    Did I changed the tenses right?
    Yes, you did just fine. (But that sentence could use some fine-tuning. Perhaps: "Did I get the tenses right?")

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    Default Re: Indirect English ;)

    Quote Originally Posted by ProudToBeMuslim View Post
    You called me idiot.
    You're pulling my leg, aren't you?

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    Default Re: Indirect English ;)

    Quote Originally Posted by ProudToBeMuslim View Post
    "Well Sir", said I to the doctor, "I shall see you again tomorrow morning."
    I said to the doctor that I would see him again the next morning.


    Father said to us. "All right, I allow you to go to the picture today."
    Father said to us that we could go to the picture today.
    Excellent!

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    Default Re: Indirect English ;)

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    Excellent!


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    Default Re: Indirect English ;)

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    You're pulling my leg, aren't you?
    Yes, I am. What are friends for? :) :P

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    Default Re: Indirect English ;)

    Observe these rules while changing from direct to indirect speech.
    1.Simple Present will be changed to simple past.
    2.Present Continuous will be changed to Past Continuous.
    3.Present Perfect will be changed to Past Perfect.
    4.Simple Past will be changed to Past Perfect.
    5.If the reporting verb is in the present then don't change the tense of the sentence.


    I am not a teacher.

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    Default Re: Indirect English ;)

    Quote Originally Posted by samfat33 View Post
    Observe these rules while changing from direct to indirect speech.
    1.Simple Present will be changed to simple past.
    2.Present Continuous will be changed to Past Continuous.
    3.Present Perfect will be changed to Past Perfect.
    4.Simple Past will be changed to Past Perfect.
    5.If the reporting verb is in the present then don't change the tense of the sentence.


    I am not a teacher.

    Thanks. :)

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