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Reported speech in assertive sentences
Reported speech in assertive sentences Here we discuss how to report a direct speech in assertive sentence. A direct speech in assertive sentence is reported in ‘two ways’ on the basis of the absence and presence of reporting objects. I If there is no reporting object, (say/says that) or (said that) or (will/shall say that) is […]
Change of Words in Reported speech
Certain words denoting, adverbs, conjunctions, demonstrative pronouns etc … in direct speech will be changed, while being reported, as follows. Direct Speech Indirect or reported speech Now then Next the coming/ the following Today […]
Reported speech ( rules for changing persons)
Rules for changing persons in Reported speech. We have studied that the ‘first person pronouns’ of ‘direct speech’ will be changed into ‘third person pronouns’ , and ‘second person pronouns’ will be changed into either ‘first person’ or ‘third person’ in reported speech. But these changes are occurred ‘depending on the reporting object’, […]
Reported speech (Changes in second person)
‘Second person’ in direct speech is changed into either ‘first person’ or ‘third person’ in reported speech, as shown below. Direct speech ————-> Reported speech Second person ——————> First person or Third person You (Sub) […]
Reported speech( changes in first person pronouns)
In this topic, we are going to discuss the changes in first person pronouns and also in their ‘possessive adjectives’, ‘possessive pronouns’ and ’emphatic’ or ‘reflexive pronouns’. Here, we don’t have to concern about the tense form of the reporting verbs. I. ‘First person’ pronouns in ‘direct speech’ is changed into ‘third person’ pronouns in ‘reported speech’, as follows, […]
Tenses and its uses– An overview
PRESENT TENSE SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE 1 Simple present is used to denote an action that is done at the time of speaking. eg: The students conduct a musical programme. 2 To denote a habitual action. eg: Mary writes blogs 3 To denote an action expressing a general truth or a fact. eg: People often […]
The pattern of tenses at a glance
Study the topic Tenses thoroughly before going through it. This topic is intended only to a quick revision. SIMPLE ( PRESENT / PAST / FUTURE ) TENSE S + ( do/does+ V ) ( did + V ) ( will/ shall + V) + O. ( PRESENT / PAST / FUTURE ) CONTINUOUS TENSE S + […]
Concord, Exceptional Rules
Concord, the exceptional rules. The rules for the agreement between subject and verb have some exceptions and the rules are listed below as Concord, the exceptional rules 1 If the subject is ‘ I ‘ in present tense , only the plural auxiliaries ‘ do’ and ‘ have ‘, are […]
Future Perfect Continuous tense
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE Future perfect continuous tense is used to denote an action that is continuing ‘at present’ and will be continuing ‘until a point of time in future’. Let’s look at the idea that the following two sentences express. James is watching T.V. He will be watching it by 6 P.M. Here […]
Future Perfect Tense
FUTURE PERFECT TENSE Future perfect tense is used to denote an action to be completed within a fixed time of future. Eg; They will have finished their work within 5.P.M. Here, what the example says is that, the action ‘finish’ is to be completed within 5 P.M. As 5 P.M. is at present […]
Future Continuous Tense
FUTURE CONTINUOUS TENSE Future continuous tense is used to denote an action continuing at some time in future. As it is a continuous tense, the ‘ing’ form of the verb should be used, and also, the ‘be’ forms should be used as auxiliary verbs to show in which tense the ‘verb‘ is continuing. Here, the […]
Simple Future Tense
SIMPLE FUTURE TENSE Simple future tense is used to denote an action that is to be done at some time in future. The pattern of simple future tense is S + will/ shall + V + O Here, the auxiliary verbs ‘will’ and ‘shall’ ( the modal auxiliaries – see in the topic Auxiliary verbs/ […]
Past Perfect Continuous Tense
PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE From the title, we can say that the ‘action’ here is in continuous form. So ‘ing’ form of the verb is used here. When ‘ing’ form is used, ‘Be’ forms should be there as auxiliary verbs, to show in which tense the verb is continuing. Here, from the title, we can […]
Past Perfect Tense
PAST PERFECT TENSE By the word ‘perfect’ in the title, we can understand that the ‘action’ being mentioned here is already completed and by the word ‘past’, we can conclude that the ‘completed action’ is happened in the past tense. So, when we make the pattern of past perfect tense, the form of ‘Have’, that […]
Past Continuous Tense
PAST CONTINUOUS TENSE Past continuous tense is used to denote an action that was continuing in the past. Eg: John was reading an article. Martin and his wife were travelling to Kent. You were searching grammar in the site. As we studied Present continuous tense and its pattern, […]
Simple Past Tense
SIMPLE PAST TENSE Simple past tense is used to denote an ‘action’ that happened ‘at a point of time’ in the past. Eg: Peter delivered a beautiful speech in a function yesterday. So, we have mentioned the usage of simple past tense and, seen an example. Now, as usual, we have to make the pattern […]
Present Perfect Continuous
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS TENSE The present perfect continuous tense is used to denote a continuing action like present continuous tense. But there is a difference between them. If present continuous tense is normally used to show an action going on at the time of speaking, present perfect continuous tense is used to denote an action […]
Present Perfect Tense
PRESENT PERFECT TENSE First of all, let’s just analyse the title. Here, we know that the word in the title present means now. Then, what the word perfect means here…? Don’t worry, in tense, it means a completed verb, that is a completed action. So, we can say that ‘this completed verb […]
Present Continuous
PRESENT CONTINUOUS or PRESENT PROGRESSIVE TENSE Normally, in continuous tenses, ‘ing’ form of the verbs, that is, the gerund form of the verbs are used to show continuity, and the auxiliaries that help them are the forms of ‘Be’ ( Be-forms), that is, ‘is’, ‘am’, ‘are’, ‘was’, ‘were’. Here, the title Present continuous tense says […]
Simple Present Tense
SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE or PRESENT INDEFINITE We have studied in the topic, ‘Sentences‘ that the general pattern of a sentence is ‘S + V + O’. In this pattern the Verb is supposed to be in any tense according to the time of the actions. That is , the auxiliaries that help the […]
Types of sentences
Different types of sentences. On the basis of ‘ nature ‘ and ‘ construction ‘, there are different types of sentences. On the basis of ‘nature’ sentences can be divided into ‘4 types’. They are I. ASSERTIVE OR DECLARATIVE SENTENCES Denoting ‘a statement’ or ‘a declaration’. eg: The President visited Paris The […]
Concord, the subject verb agreement
THE CONCORD OR THE SUBJECT VERB AGREEMENT There is an ‘agreement’ between ‘subjects’ and ‘verbs’, named ‘Concord’, and the agreement is that, if the ‘subject’ is ‘singular’ the ‘verb’ should be ‘singular’. Likewise , if the ‘subject’ is ‘plural’ the ‘verb’ should also be plural. It is ‘auxiliary verbs’ that makes the ‘verb’ either […]
Verbs, the real sense makers
Importance and classifications of verbs, the real sense makers In the topic, SENTENCE, we have studied that the general pattern or structure of a sentence is ‘S + V+ O’, that is, Subject + Verb + Object. eg: Robert spent all the time for watching base ball, Here, in this topic, Verbs, the real sense […]
Direct and indirect objects
DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS There are mainly two types of objects, Direct Objects and Indirect Objects. The question about Direct and Indirect Objects arises only in the case of a sentence having two objects. Before explaining it, let’s just go through the given sentence. Mathew gave Mary a diamond necklace. Here we can see […]