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What is reported speech?

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Reported speech is a way of expressing what someone else has said without quoting their exact words. It often involves changes in verb tense and pronouns.

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How do you convert direct speech to reported speech?

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To convert direct speech to reported speech, change the tense of the verb, adjust pronouns, and remove quotation marks. For example, 'I will go' becomes 'He said he would go.'

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What is the future perfect continuous tense?

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The future perfect continuous tense describes an action that will have been ongoing for a duration of time before a specific point in the future. It is formed using 'will have been' + present participle (verb+ing).

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Provide an example of the future perfect continuous tense.

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By 2030, we will have been studying the effects of climate change for 50 years.

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What is the future passive voice?

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The future passive voice is used to indicate that an action will be done to the subject in the future. It is formed using 'will be' + past participle.

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Provide an example of the future passive voice.

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The new solar panels will be installed next month.

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What is a mixed conditional sentence?

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A mixed conditional sentence combines two different time references, often mixing the past and present to express a hypothetical situation.

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Provide an example of a mixed conditional sentence.

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If people had recycled in the past, there wouldn't be so much trash now.

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What is the difference between 'had' and 'have' in past and present perfect tenses?

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'Had' is used in the past perfect tense to indicate an action completed before another past action, while 'have' is used in the present perfect tense to indicate an action that occurred at an unspecified time before now.

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What is the correct form of the verb in the sentence: 'We ______ (install) new recycling bins last week.'

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The correct form is 'had installed': 'We had installed new recycling bins last week.'