After present and future reporting verbs, the tenses in the reported speech are normally the same as in the original speech. Direct speech: He says,… Continue reading
Indirect speech exercise
Change the following sentences into indirect speech. Answers He told me that I was very ambitious. He told me that my father had sent… Continue reading
Gender in English
English does not have any complicated grammatical gender system. People are usually he or she. Things are it. He is a teacher. (NOT It is… Continue reading
Auxiliary verbs exercise
Fill in the blanks with appropriate auxiliary verbs. Remember to observe the rules of sequence of tenses. Answers He died so that he might/could save… Continue reading
Come and Go
We use come to talk about movements to the place where the speaker or the listener is. ‘John, will you come here.’ ‘I’m coming.’ (NOT… Continue reading
