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Improving_MY_English Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

problems with passive./..

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00Can this sentence be transformed into reported speech like that:?02h3

00DIRECT SPEECH: I had a book in my hand when i came into the room at the beginning of the lesson02br
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00 REPORTED SPEECH: you said that you had a book in ypur hand when you came into the room at the beginning of the lesson.02br
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00 I found this answer in a CALLAN book, and I was wondering, is it gramatically correct???02br
00 because I was tought that we should change tenses when we transform sentence from direct speech into reported. 02br
00 could you explain this to me??? 0-
  

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12br 10because I was tought that we should change tenses when we transform sentence from direct speech into reported. 12br 10could you explain this to me??? 12br 12br 12blockquote 10Yes, it's grammatically correct.

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01cite10Improving_MY_English12cite11h3

10Can this sentence be transformed into reported speech like that:?12h3

10DIRECT SPEECH: I had a book in my hand when i came into the room at the beginning of the lesson12br
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10REPORTED SPEECH: you said that you had a book in ypur hand when you came into th
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0 this sentence in direct speech is in Simple Past[both parts] and in my CALLAN book, when it was changed into passive they didn't change the tense. and I was wondering why??? can we do that sometimes?? if yes, when??0-
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01cite10Improving_MY_English12cite11b10this sentence in direct speech is in Simple Past[both parts] and in my CALLAN book, 11font10when it was changed into passive12font10 they didn't change the tense.12b10 and I was wondering why??? can we do that sometimes?? if yes, when??
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0Try this site, it can help you. 02br
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01a05000 02a0230hrefhttp://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish-central-grammar-definitions-reported-speech.htm
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01cite10Pioussoul12cite11blockquote
11cite20Improving_MY_English22cite21b20this sentence in direct speech is in Simple Past[both parts] and in my CALLAN book, 21font20when it was changed into passive22font20 they didn't change the tense.22b
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01cite10Improving_MY_English12cite11blockquote
11cite20Pioussoul22cite21blockquote
21cite30Improving_MY_English32cite31b30this sentence in direct speech is in Simple Past[both parts] and in my CALLAN book, 31font30when it
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