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    The document discusses the rules for changing direct speech into reported or indirect speech. It notes that in reported speech, verb tenses are typically changed to be one tense "back" compared to the original direct speech. For example, present simple becomes past simple, present continuous becomes past continuous, and so on. It also discusses how questions, imperatives, and other parts of speech are altered, such as changing a yes/no question into a statement using "if".

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    The document discusses the rules for changing direct speech into reported or indirect speech. It notes that in reported speech, verb tenses are typically changed to be one tense "back" compared to the original direct speech. For example, present simple becomes past simple, present continuous becomes past continuous, and so on. It also discusses how questions, imperatives, and other parts of speech are altered, such as changing a yes/no question into a statement using "if".

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    The document discusses the rules for changing direct speech into reported or indirect speech. It notes that in reported speech, verb tenses are typically changed to be one tense "back" compared to the original direct speech. For example, present simple becomes past simple, present continuous becomes past continuous, and so on. It also discusses how questions, imperatives, and other parts of speech are altered, such as changing a yes/no question into a statement using "if".

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    REPORTED SPEECH

    Simple present- simple past


    V(present)
    Simple Past- Past perfect
    Present continuous- past continuous
    Is, are, am+ V(ing) was/were+ V(ing)
    Present perfect- past perfect
    Has/have+ past participle had+ past participle
    Past perfect- past perfect
    Had+ p.p had+ p.p
    Imperative- Infinitive
    Verb at the beginning To+ V
    Yes- No Questions
    Is it raining? He asked me if it was raining.
    Have you done your homework? She asked me if I had
    done my homework?
    Wh- Questions
    What time is it? He asked me what time it was.
    Where are you going? She asked me where I was going.
    What has happened? They asked me what had
    happened.

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