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I knew she had not played the

piano for a long time.

Past Perfect Continuous Exclusive

I knew she had been playing the

piano.

Future in the Past

I knew she would play the piano at the evening party.

Present

Я знал, что она играет (играла) на рояле, и не хотел ее бес­покоить.

Past

Я знал, что она играла на рояле на вечере.

Present

(in affirmative sentences)

Я знал, что она играет (играла) на рояле два часа.

Past

(in negative sentences)

Я знал, что она давно не играла (не играет) на рояле.

Past

Я знал, что она играла на рояле. Future

Я знал, что она будет играть

на рояле на вечере.

§ 7. The main sphere where the sequence of tenses is applied is object clauses.

Harris said he knew what kind of place I meant. (Jerome)

The sequence of tenses is not observed if the object clause expresses a general truth:

The pupils knew that water consists of oxygen and hydrogen.

In political language a present tense is often used in the object clause after a past tense in the principal clause.

The speaker said that the peoples want peace.

The sequence of tenses is often not observed if something is represented as habitual, customary, or characteristic.

He asked the guard what time the train usually starts. (Curme)

He did not seem to know that nettles sting. (Curme)

§ 8. In conventional direct speech the tenses are used accord­ing to the same principle which governs their uses in complex sen­tences with a principal clause and an object clause, though there is no principal clause.

She put her hands up to her ears; it was because there were some thin gold rings in them, which were also worth a little money. Yes, she could surely get some money for her ornaments. The landlord and landlady had been good to her; perhaps they would help her to get the money for these things. But this money would not keep her long; what should she do when it was gone? (Eliot)

§ 9. The sequence of tenses does not concern attributive rela­tive clauses and adverbial clauses of cause, result, comparison, and concession (if the verb stands in the Indicative Mood).

I didn’t go out of the shop door, but at the back door, which opens into a narrow alley. (Eliot)

He didn’t go to the cinema last night because he will have an exam to-morrow.

She worked so much yesterday that she is feeling quite weak to-day.

Last year he worked more than he does this year.

He insisted on going to the library yesterday, though he will not want the book to-day.

§ 10. The sequence of tenses is generally observed in subject clauses and predicative clauses:

What he would do was of no importance.

The question was what he would do next.

It is also observed in appositive attributive clauses:

  • She had a sickening sense that life would go on in this way (Eliot)

Chapter XIX INDIRECT SPEECH

§ 1. In contrast to direct speech, in which the exact words of the speaker are given, indirect speech is a form of utterance in which these words are reported.

§ 2. When direct speech is converted into indirect speech the following changes are introduced:

  1. The quotation marks and the comma (or colon) are omitted.

  2. If the speaker reports somebody else’s words the pronouns of the 1st person are replaced by those of the 3rd person; the pro­nouns of the 2nd by those of the 1st or 3rd.

He said, “I am ready.” He said he was ready.

If the speaker reports his or her own words, the pronouns are naturally not changed:

1 said, “I am ready.” I said I was ready.

  1. If the verb in the principal clause is in the past tense, de­monstrative pronouns and adverbials expressing nearness are replaced by words expressing distance:

Here is replaced by there.

This by that, these by those.

Now by then, at that time (moment), or no adverb is used at all.

To-day is replaced by that day.

Yesterday by the day before or on the previous day.

Ago by before.

A year ago by a year before.

Last night by the previous night.

DIRECTSPEECH INDIRECT SPEECH

She said, “We have been here for She said they had been there for a week.” a week.