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Cómo usar Direct / Indirect Speech – Reported Speech Clase 1 Reglas | Clases inglés

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You must learn that, in Reported Speech, the verb tenses change.

That is, in direct speech or in direct style, all expressions of verb tenses are in the present. But when you use the indirect style or reporting speech, this verb changes to the past tense.

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Reported speech is the way you can tell, explain, write or say something in your own words, changing the verb tense to the past.

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There are several situations where the past perfect tense can be used. It is appropriate to use in the following ways.
-To show that an action happened before something else in the past:
She stayed up all night because she had received bad news.
-To show that an action happened before a specific time in the past:
She had established her company before 2008.
-Another use of past perfect tense includes reported speech. Examples of this use include:
The teacher asked if we had studied for the exam.
-to show dissatisfaction with the past:
We wished we had purchased the winning ticket.

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The past perfect, is a verb tense used to talk about actions that were completed before some point in the past.