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SEQUENCE OF TENSES
FREE WORD ORDER IN
CROATIAN
- Moja majka je kupila bicikl u Pevecu
juer.
S V O P T
- Bicikl je kupila moja majka u Pevecu juer.
- U Pevecu je moja majka kupila bicikl juer.
- Juer je moja majka kupila bicikl u Pevecu.
- Kupila je moja majka bicikl u Pevecu juer.
- U Pevecu je juer kupila bicikl moja majka.
- ...
FIXED WORD ORDER IN
ENGLISH
My mother bought a bike in Pevec
yesterday.
S V O P T
S V O P T
(in a statement)
Reported statements
John says:Im a student.
John says (that) hes a student.
John says:I was in Rijeka last week.
John says (that) he was in Rijeka last week.
John says:My parents work very hard.
John says (that) his parents work very hard.
John says:It takes me 2 hours to get home.
John says (that) it takes him 2 hours to get
home.
Reported commands
John says:Open the window, Mary!
John says to Mary to open the
window.
John says:Children, lets go out!
John invites children to go out.
John says:Mary, go and get my
bag.
John asks Mary to go and get his
bag.
Reported questions
(watch the word order!)
yes-no questions
(Future Simple)
John asked Mary if she would wash her car the
following day (next day).
if + S + V (Future in the Past < Future Simple)
would < will
back-shift
Reported questions &
Sequence of tenses
Future Continuous
will be washing > would be washing
(verb wash)
John said:Mary, will you be washing your car?
(Future Continuous)
John asked Mary if she would be washing her
car.
if + S + V (would be washing< will be washing)
back-shift
Reported questions &
Sequence of tenses
Future Perfect Simple
will have washed > would have washed
(verb wash)
John said:Mary, will you have washed your car by
noon?
(Future Perfect Simple )
John asked Mary if she would have washed her car
by noon.
if + S + V (would have washed < will have
washed)
back-shift
Reported questions &
Sequence of tenses
Future Perfect Continuous
will have been washing > would have been washing
(verb wash)
John said:Mary, will you have been washing your car
for 2 hours?
(Future Perfect Simple )
John asked Mary if she would have been washing
her car for 2 hours ...
if + S + V (would have been washing < will have
been washing)
back-shift
Exercise
1 John said:Mary, where is my key?
John asked Mary where his key was.
2 John said:Mary, what do you do for fun?
John asked Mary what she did for fun.
3 John said:Mary, where are you going?
John asked Mary where she was going.
4 John said:Mary, have you been to
Moscow?
John asked Mary if she had been to Moscow.
Exercise
5 John said:Mary, what have you been doing for the past 3
hours?
John asked Mary what she had been doing for the past 3 hours.
6 John said:Mary, when did you come home last night?
John asked Mary when she had come home the previous
night.
7 John said:Mary, what were you doing in the street?
John asked Mary what she had been doing in the street.
8 John said:Mary, had you already put the children to bed when
I came home?
John asked Mary if she had already put the children to bed
when he...
Exercise
9 John said:Mary, how long had you been sleeping when I
came home?
John asked Mary how long she had been sleeping when
he came home.
10 John said:Mary, will you go to the library tomorrow?
John asked Mary if she would go to the library the
following day.
11 John said:Mary, will you be singing when I come
home?
John asked Mary if she would be singing when he
comes home.
Exercise
12 John said:Mary, will you have left the
hospital by the end of the week?
John asked Mary if she would have left the
hospital by the end of the week.
13 John said:Mary, how long will you have
been driving this car next month?
John asked Mary how long she would have
been driving that car next month.