l said ,"my sister has been taking this medicine for the past two years" change into indirect speech assertive sentence
Answers
Answer:
Direct Speech Indirect Speech
Kalpana said, ‘I teach in a school.’ Kalpana said that she taught in a school.
Kalpana said, ‘I am teaching in a school.’ Kalpana said that she was teaching in a school.
Kalpana said, ‘I have taught in a school.’ Kalpana said that she had taught in a school.
Kalpana said, ‘I have been teaching in a school for the past one year. ’ Kalpana said that she had been teaching in a school for the past one year.
Kalpana said, ‘I taught in a school for two years.’ Kalpana said that she had taught in a school for two years.
Kalpana said, ‘I was working at a call centre before I started teaching.’ Kalpana said that she had been working at a call centre before she started teaching.
In general, present tense becomes past tense:
Past tense becomes past perfect tense.
Past continuous becomes past perfect continuous tense.
Past perfect and past perfect continuous remain unchanged.