12 Does "is" turn into "was" or "were" in indirect speech? 2016-09-27T16:30:00.397
9 The teacher told us that ice {floats/floated} on water 2016-01-04T13:27:53.830
9 What tense of the word sing completes the sentence below appropriately? 2016-12-02T15:01:38.963
8 Direct and indirect speech 2015-05-27T12:43:05.927
7 Backshifting in reported speech - "I wanted to let you know that he HAS/HAD sent you the letter" 2014-11-08T06:31:55.203
6 Modal verbs in reported speech 2013-11-19T14:48:14.340
6 Mixing tenses in reported speech sentences 2015-01-07T14:01:13.033
6 Houston, we have a problem: 'Has' or 'had'? 2015-02-10T16:47:13.730
6 Is backshift necessary in this case 2015-03-21T14:56:07.203
6 reported speech and usage of "will" or "would" -- "I told him that I will (would?) be there at three o'clock on Friday." 2015-10-07T19:25:43.077
6 Sentence with "while" in a reported speech: is backshifting necessary? 2015-12-21T18:47:28.590
6 Is it gramatically correct to say 'She said that she hadn't got any money? 2016-05-13T06:58:30.400
5 Sequence of tenses: past simple + present perfect 2013-12-11T17:39:08.487
5 Telling someone don't or telling someone not to 2014-03-10T11:09:28.053
5 Should I be using 'is' or 'was' in reported speech? 2015-03-24T10:30:30.267
5 Should I use "would be" or "would have been" in the following case? 2015-04-16T07:02:50.750
5 "Would" in a backshifted reported context 2015-10-05T20:00:45.650
5 Indirect speech: is "has been" acceptable in “…the matter has been taken up with Saudi authorities”? 2015-10-09T11:06:36.483
5 Usage of "your goodself" and "your kindself" in place of simple "you" to refer to a high-ranking official 2015-11-28T16:55:01.850
5 Which is correct - 'what was going to happen when we {meet/met} the next time? 2015-12-31T05:12:58.230
5 She said the train left at 8 pm 2016-10-02T09:44:02.230
5 Which tense should I use when describing the following facts? 2016-12-24T17:05:43.623
5 Using "scold" in reported speech 2017-09-05T13:23:51.150
5 Changing the verb for indirect quote/reported speech expressing habitual actions 2018-04-14T03:56:16.917
4 Is it correct to end a sentence with “I thought to myself”? 2014-05-20T13:33:02.123
4 Demonstratives and pronouns in reported speech 2014-12-11T08:00:42.737
4 Change of speech "future tense" 2015-01-03T10:42:40.430
4 BBC News Sentence: Isn't it an indirect speech? If yes, where is 'that'? 2015-01-03T12:41:48.877
4 How should I use "will / would" and "tomorrow / today" in reporting yesterday's conversation about an action today? 2015-08-03T09:20:08.487
4 "I wanted to wish her... before I left" 2016-08-25T01:26:04.850
4 'Is believed to' usage 2016-10-05T05:51:03.200
4 "Just" in reported speech 2017-04-28T03:38:46.957
4 Is "let" a modal? 2019-01-28T02:18:48.410
3 Report what someone said about his habitual affairs 2014-04-30T04:26:48.073
3 Conditionals in reported speech 2015-01-06T13:39:16.397
3 How to say what other people have said? 2015-03-17T07:37:07.077
3 Present tense reported speech 2015-04-26T12:57:42.563
3 How to say this sentence right? Will or would? (Indirect speech) 2015-05-04T16:50:51.510
3 Reported speech (back shifting of tense) query 2015-10-08T17:20:52.340
3 She is/was going to the cinema 2015-10-13T05:04:25.710
3 Reported speech (position of "was" in sentence) 2015-11-19T00:32:53.203
3 Should we use "whether" or "if" in indirect speech? 2016-01-07T16:03:25.487
3 Reported Speech 2016-06-11T08:23:58.253
3 How to convert advice to reported speech? 2016-10-06T16:31:22.417
3 Changing reported speech into direct speech 2016-12-13T12:33:22.500
3 Past events in reporting speech 2017-01-18T08:03:54.653
3 Long-distance movement and Inversion in embedded questions with wh-words in situ 2017-09-23T12:21:23.883
3 Should I treat quotes from God as universal truth for narration? 2018-04-08T22:14:54.150
3 "she was raped" or "she had been raped" in this reported speech 2018-10-22T07:16:45.610
3 Why is "here" changed into "there" when converting this sentence into direct speech? 2020-08-14T13:36:44.183
2 If this 'would' were 'would have p.p', is it not an irrealis but past form of would? 2013-07-22T02:08:39.133
2 "I recently heard that"? 2013-07-28T16:06:58.183
2 How to backshift "would" (used for saying what someone used to do in the past)? 2014-05-07T17:14:35.667
2 How to report a question, both directly and indirectly 2014-06-01T06:21:43.900
2 Reported speech of (three years ago/ next week) 2014-11-08T14:24:59.267
2 'must' vs 'would have to' in indirect speech 2014-12-12T10:44:07.603
2 Reported speech of "I have no idea where Jim is" 2015-02-16T20:52:46.257
2 Does "what makes him good" mean that he asks why? 2015-02-18T18:24:08.870
2 Reported speech and specific example 2015-02-24T10:39:33.897
2 Recently in reported speech 2015-03-04T06:44:25.283
2 Indirect speech of Imperative and Interrogative sentence 2015-03-21T19:41:33.803
2 Is it true that you had lied / lied to me 2015-05-21T19:42:31.917
2 Why does this sentence use the word "could" twice? 2015-06-15T07:58:30.240
2 Changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech 2015-09-12T06:18:43.193
2 Does placing a statement in quotes, invalidate the need to backshift? 2015-09-10T14:45:02.607
2 "Bare infinitive" vs. "perfect infinitive" in past time narration 2016-01-16T13:28:25.527
2 Past simple and past perfect in reported speech 2016-02-15T13:00:59.070
2 Direct To Indirect Speech : Conversion of 'do'? 2016-02-23T06:24:15.243
2 If I told her I love/loved her now, she'd probably not take it seriously. ---- Usage of reported speech 2016-03-31T16:14:09.107
2 Using both past and present tenses in one sentence 2016-04-13T10:12:36.110
2 Present or past tense after “he told me that…”? 2016-05-14T13:35:23.610
2 How to use Past Perfect and Past simple in Reporting? 2016-08-12T06:14:58.380
2 Question related to past tense of the verb 2016-09-25T10:04:14.477
2 "last week" vs. "a week ago" 2016-10-06T07:44:17.370
2 Confusion about "Backshift" of Verbs in Indirect Speech (To Kill a Mockingbird) 2016-10-07T12:25:02.723
2 Imperative in reported speech 2016-10-16T04:29:49.483
2 "When" and indirect speech 2016-11-24T08:25:28.380
2 "Know who is that person" vs "know who that person is" 2017-01-02T10:14:15.273
2 Direct to reported speech conversion for a relatively complicated structure 2017-01-03T21:29:22.400
2 JUST and the reported speech 2017-01-25T22:05:42.690
2 Change of tense in subordinate clause in reported speech when principle clause is in future tense 2017-02-26T01:58:29.587
2 Tell me what "to think that what" is in following sentence. 2017-02-27T12:39:39.263
2 Why use past continuous where there is no obvious interruption 2017-03-03T04:32:58.817
2 Does the sentence "She said she would have lunch with Susan tomorrow" break the law of the future in the past? 2017-05-10T08:40:34.023
2 Sequence of tenses for facts irrelevant of the moment of speech 2017-05-17T12:57:03.753
2 Indirect questions usage 2017-09-19T05:01:38.103
2 UFO attacks in Past Continuous 2017-11-13T20:30:23.017
2 Revolved vs. Revolves (reported speech)? 2017-12-03T11:29:24.830
2 "May" versus "might" 2017-12-22T00:30:05.810
2 I want to know why did the writer use didn’t instead of doesn’t? 2018-01-05T00:36:41.530
2 "Which hers was" OR "which was hers" 2018-02-19T17:46:33.630
2 Facts in reported speech – to backshift or not 2018-03-26T07:51:44.893
2 "until something" in reported speech 2018-03-28T14:00:10.543
2 Should this reported speech use "was" or "had been" to convert "was"? 2018-06-13T04:00:17.407
2 Reported Speech for simple past, Simple past or past perfect? 2018-09-11T11:11:10.457
2 "Have" or "had" in "She told them to raise their hands if they HAVE a question"? 2018-11-19T02:28:09.073
2 Converting Direct Speech to Indirect Speech - "Our" to "Their" 2018-12-06T12:55:42.900
2 Reporting a sentence with an 'if' condition 2018-12-13T09:21:30.023
2 Difference Had been Twins and Were Twins 2018-12-28T16:04:05.353