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while converting direct to indirect speech the tense past simple will be changed into​

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Answered by IceWeb
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While converting direct to indirect speech the simple past tense will change into past perfect tense.

For ex-

Direct sentence-She said she went to Goa.

Indirect sentence-She said she had gone to Goa.

Answered by nandigamlokeshkumar
10

Answer:

As can be seen in the examples above, the verbs in the present perfect, present continuous and present simple tenses in the original statements changed into their corresponding past equivalents (past perfect, past continuous and past simple) in indirect speech. This process is called tense backshift.

Explanation:

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