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    The document describes various English verb tenses and provides direct and indirect quotation examples for each tense. It lists the present simple, present continuous, past simple, past continuous, present perfect, past perfect, will, would, can, could, shall, should, might, and must tenses along with direct quotes using each tense form. The corresponding indirect quotes are also given, which involve turning the direct quotes into sentences using "she said" followed by the tense form.

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    Table of Tenses For Changing Direct To Indirect Speech

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    TENSE

    Present simple
    Present continuous

    DIRECT QUOTATION
    I like rainy days.
    I am staying in the city.

    Past simple

    I bought some cookies.

    Past continuous

    I was playing the cello.

    Present perfect
    Past perfect
    will

    I have called Cathy.


    I had taken driving lessons
    before.
    I will meet you at the park.

    would
    can

    I would come but


    I can speak perfect Spanish.

    could

    I could sing when I was ten.

    shall

    I shall take the test later.

    should

    I should call for help.

    might
    must

    I might be late.
    I must work overtime this
    Saturday.

    TENSE
    Present simple
    Present continuous

    DIRECT QUOTATION
    I like rainy days.
    I am staying in the city.

    Past simple

    I bought some cookies.

    Past continuous

    I was playing the cello.

    Present perfect
    Past perfect
    will

    I have called Cathy.


    I had taken driving lessons
    before.
    I will meet you at the park.

    would
    can

    I would come but


    I can speak perfect Spanish.

    could

    I could sing when I was ten.

    shall

    I shall take the test later.

    should

    I should call for help.

    might
    must

    I might be late.
    I must work overtime this

    INDIRECT QUOTATION
    She said she liked rainy days.
    She said she was staying in the
    city.
    She said she bought some
    cookies
    OR
    She said she had bought some
    cookies.
    She said she had been playing
    the cello.
    She said she had called Cathy.
    She said she had taken driving
    lessons before.
    She said she would me at the
    park
    She said she would come but
    She said she could speak
    perfect Spanish.
    She said she could sing when
    she was ten.
    She said she should take the
    test later.
    She said she should call for
    help.
    She said she might be late.
    She said she must work
    overtime this Saturday.
    OR
    She said she had to work
    overtime this Saturday

    INDIRECT QUOTATION
    She said she liked rainy days.
    She said she was staying in the
    city.
    She said she bought some
    cookies
    OR
    She said she had bought some
    cookies.
    She said she had been playing
    the cello.
    She said she had called Cathy.
    She said she had taken driving
    lessons before.
    She said she would me at the
    park
    She said she would come but
    She said she could speak
    perfect Spanish.
    She said she could sing when
    she was ten.
    She said she should take the
    test later.
    She said she should call for
    help.
    She said she might be late.
    She said she must work

    Saturday.

    overtime this Saturday.


    OR
    She said she had to work
    overtime this Saturday

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