Indirect speech exercises
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1. Is the reporting verb in the past form (said, told,...) you have to change the tense.
(Steht das reporting verb in der Mitvergangenheit (said, told,...) дndert sich die Zeitform.)
Direct speech | Indirect speech | Direct Speech | Indirect speech |
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Present simple | Past simple | go | went |
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Present progressive | Past progressive | am/is/are going | was/were going |
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Past simple | Past perfect | went | had gone |
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Past progressive | Past perfect progressive | was/were going | had been going |
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Present perfect simple | Past perfect | has/have gone | had gone |
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Present perfect progressive | Past perfect progressive | has/have been g... |