14/10/2025
PART 3
Narration Change -
Verb in Direct Speech VS Verb in Indirect Speech
If the part between inverted
commas -
1. Simple Present (S+V1)
Simple Past (S+V2)
2. Present Continuous (is, am, are +V1+ing)
Past Continuous (was, were +V1+ing)
3. Present Perfect (have, has +V3)
Past Perfect (S+had+V3)
4. Present Perfect Continuous (S+has been/ have been+V1+ing)
Past Perfect Continuous
(S+had been+V1+ing)
5. Simple Past (S+V2)
Past Perfect (S+had+V3)
6. Past Continuous (was, were +V1+ing)
Past Perfect Continuous (S+had been+V1+ing)
7. Future (shall/ will)
Past form of Future (should/ would)
**Exceptional Rule:
a. In some tenses (Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous, Future Continuous, Future Perfect and Future Perfect Continuous), even if we change them from Active to Passive, they stay the same. They don't change.
Q. He asked me, "Have you finished reading the magazine"?
Ans. He asked me whether I had finished reading the magazine.
b. 'Must' will not change in tense when used in cases of morality, universality etc. Must is usually used for the Present and Future Tense, not for the Past Tense.
c. In Reported Speech, if both events are in the Past Continuous, there will be no changes in tense.
Q. She said, "The cat was running and the dog was chasing it"
Ans. She said that the cat was running and the dog was chasing it.
d. In addition, Reported Speech in the Past Tense dose not change the tense even if it refers to time or period.
Q. He said, "I worked in Delhi for two years".
Ans. He said that he worked in Delhi for two years.
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