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Klavier Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Reported Speech

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00I don't see often these construccions so I wonder if they are ok: 02br
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00I had turned out the light. -> He said that he had turned out the light. 02br
00We were living in Paris. -> He said that they had been living in Paris. 02br
00They had been travelling for 5 hours. -> He said that they had been travelling for 5 hours. 02br
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00I'll be using the car next Friday. -> He said that he would be using the car next Friday. 02br
00This time next week he will have finished his essay. -> He said that that time next week he would have finished his essay. 02br
00She will have been teaching for 2 years by the end of the year. -> He said that she would have been teaching for 2 years by the end of the year. 0-
  

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0 Dear Latin 02br 02br 00Your sentences are all correct except for number 5. It is: «he said that by that time». 02br 02br 00Kindest regards, 02br 00Goldmund 0-

— Goldmund

  • 0 Dear Latin 02br 02br 00Your sentences are all correct except for number 5.
  • It is: «he said that by that time».
  • 02br 02br 00Kindest regards, 02br 00Goldmund 0-
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0 Dear Latin 02br
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00Your sentences are all correct except for number 5. It is: «he said that by that time». 02br
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0 Yes, everything is correct I'm absolutely agree with Goldmund. The main point, which one should remember when converting sentences from Direct into Indirect speech is to be very careful with tenses. Converting you make a step back, I mean turn Past Simple into Past Perfect. 0-
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0 One last question. Which of these tenses is pointless to teach/learn/practice, it seems to be that the future perfect continuous is not used very much. 0-
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