Indirect questions aren’t questions in the strict sense of the term. They do not have the word order of typical questions. They also don’t have… Continue reading

Many ESL students have problems with the past perfect tense simply because they don’t know how to use it. The past perfect is perhaps the… Continue reading

Present tenses in the direct speech will become past tenses in the indirect speech. This change in tense is often called backshifting. Study the following… Continue reading

Both while and as can be used to talk about a longer background action that was in progress when something else happened. We discussed his… Continue reading