Question

4 Look at the examples of direct and indirect speech in the table. Write the names of the tenses. How does the tense change when we report what someone else said? Direct speech Indirect speech 1 2. “I like winter sports. He said that he liked winter sports. 3 4 'I'm calling the travel agency She told Serik that she was calling the travel agency.​

Answer 1

Объяснение:

Present Simple →Past Simple

Present Continuous→Past Continuous

Answer 2

In the examples you provided, there is a shift in tense when reporting what someone else said. Here are the tense changes:

1. Direct speech: "I like winter sports." Indirect speech: He said that he liked winter sports.

   Tense Change:

   • Present simple in direct speech ("like") changes to past simple in indirect speech ("liked").

2. Direct speech: "I'm calling the travel agency." Indirect speech: She told Serik that she was calling the travel agency.

   Tense Change:

   • Present continuous in direct speech ("am calling") changes to past continuous in indirect speech ("was calling").

When reporting someone else's statement in indirect speech, the tenses generally shift back one step in time. This means that present tenses become past tenses, and past tenses become past perfect tenses, and so on, to indicate that the reported speech occurred at a different time in the past compared to the moment of reporting.