Introduction to Indirect Style and Verb Tenses
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Introduction to Indirect Style and Verb Tenses
The verb tense used in indirect style is in the past, which means that the verb tense used in direct style jumps back in time.
Direct Style:
He said,
Indirect Style:
He said that
Present Simple:
She studies English.
Past Simple:
... she studied English.
Present Continuous:
"I am waiting for my sister."
Past Continuous:
... he was waiting for his sister.
Present Perfect Simple:
"I have read the note."
Past Perfect Simple:
... he had read the note.
Present Perfect Continuous:
"She has been studying English."
Past Perfect Continuous:
... she had been studying English.
Past Simple:
"Kate arrived on Monday morning."
Past Perfect:
... Kate had arrived on Monday morning.
Past Continuous:
"She was studying English."
Past Perfect Continuous:
... she had been studying English.
Past Perfect Simple:
"She had studied English."
No Changes:
Past Perfect Continuous: "She had been studying English."
Future Simple:
"I'll visit you soon."
Conditional:
... he would visit us soon.
Can:
"She can study English."
Could:
... she could study English.
May:
"It may be a good proposal."
Might:
... it might be a good proposal.
Must / Have to:
"I must brush my teeth."
Had to:
... he had to brush his teeth.