Direct into Indirect
Direct into Indirect Things to remember When you get any sentence to change into indirect, you should see carefully the following points- DIRECT into INDIRECT 1.Tense 2.Reporting verb 3.Type of sentence 4.Removal of punctuation marks 5.,P ronoun Let's take each point to understand the necessary changes - 1. Tense a. Simple Present - Simple Past e.g. am/is/are - was/were b.Simple Past - Past Perfect e.g. was/were - has been c. Present Continuous - Past Continuous e.g. am/is/are+ Ving - was/were+Ving d. Past Continuous - Past Perfect Continuous e.g. was/were+Ving - had been Ving 2. Reporting verb (if the reporting verb is in ) a. Simple present - No change in tense says - no change in tense b. Simple Future - No change in tense will say - No change in tense c. Simple past - Change in tense said - change the tense as per the need d. Simple past - according to the mood of sentence ...