Answer — Exercise Grammar 1
06 - Language focus 2·Cutting Edge Intermediate - Student's Book
Question
Underline the verbs in the direct speech sentences in exercise 2a. Then underline the verbs in the reported speech sentences that you wrote. How do the tenses change in reported speech?
Answer
- will get married → would get married
- don't want to see → didn't want to see
- came in → had come in; expect to go out → expected to go out
- am hiring → was hiring
- have had → had had
In reported speech, the tense often moves back into the past.
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