Textual+Quotation

__**// Direct and indirect Quotations // **__
 * A "quotation" is the exact word or words that a person speaks. It's good to understand the difference between a direct quotation, the words you hear from someone speaking, and an indirect quotation, which are the words that someone else uses to describe another speaker. Confused? When you're confused it helps to look at an example. ||


 * __**// Direct Quotation //**__ ||
 * "I need to go to the store," said my wife. ||

|| My wife said that she needed to go to the store. ||
 * __** Indirect Quotation **__

Notice that "said" is in the past tense, so the verb "need" also becomes past tense. There's something called the "sequence of tenses" which is useful to look at now: Present - Past Present Continuous - Past Continuous Past - Past Perfect Present Perfect - Past Perfect will - would can - could may- might There are others that can be added, but this is a good start in learning that tenses change their form when using indirect speech. See the examples below. || http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIYrXF2ElZk&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Flearnamericanenglishonline.com%2FYellow%2520Level%2FY16%2520Direct%2520%26%2520Indirect%2520Quotations.html&feature=player_embedded
 * The Sequence of Tenses ||
 * __Direct Speech - Indirect Speech__**
 * __Direct Speech - Indirect Speech__**
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