loegria

Direct speech or discourse is used to report exactly of what someone said in another context. It is usually marked by quotes: John shouted: Open the door Indirect discurse consists of reporting such statements indirectly, without using quotes, in English it is necessary the backshift of tenses, pronouns, adverbs, etc. Backshift of tenses from .......................to Simple Present to Simple Past Simple Past,Present and Past Perfect to Past Perfect will (Future Simple) to would (Conditional) Present Continuous to Past Continuous Present Perfect Continuous to Past Perfect Continuous Shifting of expressions of time this (evening) that (evening) today/this day = that day these (days) = those (days) now = then (a week) ago = (a week) before last weekend = the weekend before / the previous weekend here = there

Homophones are words that have exactly the same sound (pronunciation) but different meanings and (usually) spelling. The etymology of homophone is made up of the blending of two combining forms: homo- (from the Greek word "homos")which means "same" -phone (from the Greek word "phone") which means "voice" or "sound" Therefore, there is a list of words which are homophones because their pronunciation is the same though they have different spelling and meaning: sauce/source one/won packed/ pact to/too/two saw/soar/sore there/their/they're scene/seen heard/herd allowed/aloud pair/pare/pear alms/arms there/their/they're bare/bear pole/poll liar/lyre rain/reign/rein flair/flare vain/vane/vein flaw/floor