In direct and indirect speeches past perfect tense and past perfect continuous remain unchanged why
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Answer:
General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech. Omit all inverted commas or quotation marks. End the sentence with a full stop. If the verb inside the inverted commas/quotation marks is in the present tense, change it into the corresponding past tense.
Explanation:
Change of tenses
Direct speech Reported speech
Ann said: "I want ice-cream." Ann said that she wanted ice-cream.
Simple Past Simple Present Simple Past
Simple Past Simple Past Present Perfect Past Perfect Past Perfect
Simple Past will wouldThe past perfect and past perfect continuous tenses will remain unchanged. Direct: He said, 'Burglars broke into my house last night.' Indirect: He said that burglars had broken into his house the previous night. ... Note that sometimes we do not change a simple past tense into past perfect tense in the indirect speech.