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I was watching TV when I sudenly heard a noise.

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go - went - gone
fight - fought - fought

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English tenses: Past progressive (continuous)

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When I came home, I noticed that burglars had stolen my TV.

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She has been travelling a lot recently.

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I have just finished my homework.
Laua has been to England twice.

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"I often eat apples"
He said that he often ate apples.

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We use reported speech when we want to tell someone what someone said. We usually use a reporting verb (e.g. say, tell, ask, etc.) and then change the tense of what was actually said in direct speech.
So, direct speech is what someone actually says? Like 'I want to know about reported speech'?

Yes, and you report it with a reporting verb.
He said he wanted to know about reported speech.
I said, I want and you changed it to he wanted.

Exactly. Verbs in the present simple change to the past simple; the present continuous changes to the past continuous; the present perfect changes to the past perfect; can changes to could; will changes to would; etc.
She said she was having the interview at four o'clock.
(Direct speech: 'I'm having the interview at four o'clock.')
They said they'd phone later and let me know.
(Direct speech: 'We'll phone later and let you know.')
OK, in that last example, you changed you to me too.

Yes, apart from changing the tense of the verb, you also have to think about changing other things, like pronouns and adverbs of time and place.
'We went yesterday.' > She said they had been the day before.
'I'll come tomorrow.' >He said he'd come the next day.
I see, but what if you're reporting something on the same day, like 'We went yesterday'?

Well, then you would leave the time reference as 'yesterday'. You have to use your common sense. For example, if someone is saying something which is true now or always, you wouldn't change the tense.
'Dogs can't eat chocolate.' > She said that dogs can't eat chocolate.
'My hair grows really slowly.' >He told me that his hair grows really slowly.
What about reporting questions?

We often use ask + if/whether, then change the tenses as with statements. In reported questions we don't use question forms after the reporting verb.
'Do you have any experience working with people?'
They asked if I had any experience working with people.
'What acting have you done?'
They asked me what acting I had done.
Is there anything else I need to know about reported speech?

One thing that sometimes causes problems is imperative sentences.

You mean like 'Sit down, please' or 'Don't go!'?

Exactly. Sentences that start with a verb in direct speech need a to + infinitive in reported speech.
She told him to be good. (Direct speech: 'Be good!')
He told them not to forget. (Direct speech: 'Please don't forget.')
OK. Can I also say 'He asked me to sit down'?

Yes. You could say 'He told me to ...' or 'He asked me to ...' depending on how it was said.

OK, I see. Are there any more reporting verbs?

Yes, there are lots of other reporting verbs like promise, remind, warn, advise, recommend, encourage which you can choose, depending on the situation. But say, tell and ask are the most common.

Great. I understand! My teacher said reported speech was difficult.

And I told you not to worry!

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Daisy has just had an interview for a summer job.

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What have you done lately? Present Perfect Tense

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Rewrite the sentences in reported speech (statements, orders & requests, questions)! 
Use different reporting verbs!

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What have Andrew and Maria done?

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Exercises on Simple Past and Present Perfect - ex02 :: Ex02

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If I had known him better, I wouldn't have given him my number.

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We use the third conditional (if + past perfect, would + have + past participle) to talk about something in the past that did not happen.
How is the third conditional different from the other conditionals?

This is the way we imagine how things could have been different in the past. If something had been different, something else would have happened. Notice that both the condition and the result are impossible now.
If I'd known, I would have worn something nicer.
In this case, Amy didn't know about the party so she didn't wear special clothes.

OK, so the bit after if is different to what really happened?

Yes, then the next clause is imagining the result in the past, which didn't happen, of course. The if clause can be at the beginning or at the end of the sentence.
I definitely would've remembered if you'd told me!
So Alfie didn't remember because Ollie didn't tell him.

Exactly. We can use negatives to talk about things that did happen in the past.
He wouldn't have missed the bus if he hadn't overslept.
So he overslept and he missed the bus.

Yes. When you're using this kind of conditional be careful with the contractions. We use ' d for would and had.
If I'd seen him, I'd have asked him to come over. (had, would)
Can you use other verbs apart from would?

Yes, we also use could or might.
If they'd told me, I might have been able to help.
These sentences all seem a bit negative.

Well, yes. We often use the third conditional to express regret or to complain about something.
It would've been even better if Alfie hadn't ruined it!
If I'd known about the third conditional before, I wouldn't have failed my English test!

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We use the third conditional (if + past perfect, would + have + past participle) to talk about something in the past that did not happen. How is the third conditional different from the other conditionals? This is the way we imagine how things could have been different in the past.

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Video: Best Examples of Present Perfect Tense

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Video: Best Examples of Present Perfect Tense

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Best Examples of Present Perfect Tense - Learn and teach English with videos

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Übungen zum Past Perfect Simple - 03 - Englische Grammatik

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Übungen zum Past Perfect Simple (Plusquamperfekt, Vorvergangenheit) :: Seite 03

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Past Perfect - Simple Past - Übung - Englisch

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Past Perfect, Simple Past, Zeitformen - Übungen - kostenlos Englisch Lernen im Internet

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I spent my last summer vacation in Spain. I liked it a lot.