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
Change of tenses in reported speech
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Indirect speech exercise
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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
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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
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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
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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