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simple present
He said, “I go to school every day.” |
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simple past
He said (that) he went to school every day. |
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simple past
He said, “I went to school every day.” |
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past perfect
He said (that) he had gone to school every day. |
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present perfect
He said, “I have gone to school every day.” |
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past perfect
He said (that) he had gone to school every day. |
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present progressive
He said, “I am going to school every day.” |
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past progressive
He said (that) he was going to school every day. |
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past progressive
He said, “I was going to school every day.” |
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perfect progressive
He said (that) he had been going to school every day, |
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future (will)
He said, “I will go to school every day.” |
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would + verb name
He said (that) he would go to school every day. |
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future (going to)
He said, “I am going to school every day.” |
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present progressive
He said (that) he is going to school every day. |
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past progressive
He said (that) he was going to school every day |
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auxiliary + verb name
He said, “Do you go to school every day?”
He said, “Where do you go to school?” |
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simple past
He asked me if I went to school every day.*
He asked me where I went to school. |
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imperative
He said, “Go to school every day.” |
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infinitive
He said to go to school every day. |
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simple present + simple present
He says, “I go to school every day.” |
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simple present + simple present
He says (that) he goes to school every day. |
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present perfect + simple present
He has said, “I go to school every day.” |
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present perfect + simple present
He has said (that) he goes to school every day. |
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past progressive + simple past
He was saying, “I went to school every day.” |
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past progressive + simple past
He was saying (that) he went to school every day. |
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past progressive + past perfect
He was saying (that) he had gone to school every day. |
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future + simple present
He will say, “I go to school every day.” |
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future + simple present
He will say (that) he goes to school every day. |
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can
He said, “I can go to school every day.” |
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could
He said (that) he could go to school every day. |
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may
He said, “I may go to school every day.” |
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might
He said (that) he might go to school every day. |
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might
He said, “I might go to school every day.” |
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must
He said, “I must go to school every day.” |
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had to
He said (that) he had to go to school every day. |
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have to
He said, “I have to go to school every day.” |
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should
He said, “I should go to school every day.” |
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should
He said (that) he should go to school every day. |
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ought to
He said, “I ought to go to school every day.” |
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ought to
He said (that) he ought to go to school every day. |
