Question

He said that he had been working. (change the narration)​

Answer 1

Question:-

Change the narration in the following sentence:-

• He said that he had been working.

Answer:-

He said , “I have been working.”

How the tense changed?

• Present Simple → Past Simple

• Present Continuous → Past Continuous

• Present Perfect → Past Perfect

• Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Simple → Past Perfect

• Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

• Past Perfect - No change

• Past Perfect Continuous - No change

Explore more:-

There are two ways of reporting what someone has spoken:-

a) When the exact words spoken by a person are used , it is called direct speech.

b) When the words spoken by a person are put in our own words , it is called indirect speech.

For example:-

Suppose your friend told you that you have a good handwriting. You want to convey this to your parents.You can do it in either of these two ways :-

• My friend said to me, "You have a good handwriting. (Direct speech)

• My friend told me that I had a good handwriting.(indirect speech)

Related information:-

• The exact words of the speaker, written within Quotation marks or Inverted commas (“”) is called Reported speech.

• The verb that introduces the Reported speech is called a Reporting verb

Answer 2

Qᴜᴇsᴛɪᴏɴ:-

Change the narration of the given sentence.

⇨ He said that he had been working.

Aɴsᴡᴇʀ:-

He said, "I have been working".

Lєαяи Mσяє:

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• Direct Speech- Saying exactly what someone has said is called direct speech.
• Ex:- She said, "I am writing a letter to my mother".

• Indirect Speech- Reporting someone's thought which he/she had said, without using that person's exact words. It is also called as Reported speech.
• Ex:- She told that she was writing a letter to her mother.

ʀᴜʟᴇs:-

➢Use the reporting verb such as say or said to in its correct tense.

➢Insert a comma before the statement and the first letter of the statement should be in capital letter.

➢Insert question mark, quotation marks, exclamation mark and full stop, based on the mood of the sentence.

➢Remove the conjunctions.

➢Change the tense properly as per rules.

ʜᴏᴡ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇɴsᴇ ɢᴇᴛs ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇᴅ?

◕ Present Simple → Past Simple

◕ Present Continuous → Past Continuous

◕ Present Perfect → Past Perfect

◕ Present Perfect Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

◕ Past Simple → Past Perfect

◕ Past Continuous → Past Perfect Continuous

(And vice-versa accordingly)

◕ Past Perfect - No change

◕ Past Perfect Continuous - No change

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