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DrNorman Posted 10 years ago
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New video- indirect speech
I have put up a new video on indirect reported speech (how to explain what was said or thought).
You can find it at https://youtu.be/SrogZxIy2ko
I hope you find it useful
Dr Norman
You can find it at https://youtu.be/SrogZxIy2ko
I hope you find it useful
Dr Norman
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Why did you make the indirect version of the promise begin with 'He had promised'? Without context, the past perfect seems unnecessary/unnatural to me.
- Why did you make the indirect version of the promise begin with 'He had promised'?
- Without context, the past perfect seems unnecessary/unnatural to me.
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Why did you make the indirect version of the promise begin with 'He had promised'? Without context, the past perfect seems unnecessary/unnatural to me.
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Hi Fivejedjon
Thank you for looking at my video. You are right about context. As you know, context is really important in determining the appropriate tense and hence the difficulty of teaching (and learning) tenses and grammar outside of context. The tense does work in the story (and the rest of this lesson) that this example is associated with ...
Kind regards
Dr Norman
Thank you for looking at my video. You are right about context. As you know, context is really important in determining the appropriate tense and hence the difficulty of teaching (and learning) tenses and grammar outside of context. The tense does work in the story (and the rest of this lesson) that this example is associated with ...
Kind regards
Dr Norman
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