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Tense Backshift RulesSet 11

1The tailor said she ..... my outfit tomorrow.

2Ling says that when she grows up, she had wanted to become a reporter.This sentence is .....

3Tshering said, "I will surely meet you this Saturday."

4Direct: The students: 'We complete our assignment.'The students said that they ..... our assignment.

5They said, "We were having a party."They said thay they ..... a party.

6He said," I didn't go to the party."

7Lisa and Henry: "We have to pick someone up at the airport that evening. "They said they ..... at the airport that evening.

8Instructions: Change the following direct speech into reported speech. "He said, 'I am watching TV right now.'"

9Direct Speech: He said, "I am cooking dinner now."

10Change the below sentence from direct speech to indirect speech:My mother said, "The postman has brought four letters today."

11Direct: He said, "I have been working here for two years."

12DS: Andi, Tomi and Rudi said "We are eating Fried chicken in canteen now" What is the the Reported speech of this sentence?

13He said ..... his email everyday.

14She said, "I will not forget this."

15Choose the correct sentences according with: I am resting on bedReported speech

16Marta: "I live in Valdivia."

17"I'm going to be sick" , she told them.

18They said:" We have never eaten pears."

19Susan said that she (a) to An's party that night.

20The family wouldn't have understood Kristen's mother's symptoms if she hadn't been diagnosed with Huntington's disease.

21Which tense does "will" usually change to in indirect speech?

22Original sentence: "I am finishing my homework." If you report this later, which sentence is correct?

23Change the following sentence to Reported Speech-Mother said, "Tommy is writing a letter now."

24Change the direct sentence into indirect: "They said, 'We will attend the meeting.'"

25It was believed that he had lived in London.

26Father said,"I need your help".

27He told me, "She has been waiting for you for long time"He told me that she ..... for me for a long time.

28He said, "I won't be able to come to your wedding."

29Figo says, "I met Tamara yesterday."

30He said, 'I am going to the store.' Convert to reported speech.

31Mary said,"I have not seen Peter since last month."

32'We do shopping every Sunday,' they said.

33The teacher told us to stop what we .....

34He said, 'I didn't watch the news.'

35Diana asked Victoria, "Did Mariel do everything on her own?"

36Snow said, "I'm teaching English online."

37She said, " I study in BASS"

38Direct: "I shall see her at JJ Mall."Indirect: Tom said that ..... at JJ Mall.

39"Why are you starring at my feet?"

40Direct speech: Tom said, "I will call you tomorrow." Indirect speech:

41Choose the correct option.We visited the pyramids in Giza.They said they ..... the pyramids in Giza.

42You: I will be happyI said that .....

43Jennifer:'' Where do you play football?"Jennifer asked me .....

44"There wasn't electricity in the past" .

45Which of the following sentences is correctly converted from direct to indirect speech? 'She said, "I am reading a book."'

46Write the direct speech form of the following: They said they had finished the homework.

47Change into reported speech. "I am in the English lesson."

48Direct: "I will go to the market," he said.Indirect: He said that .....

49Meena: "We will go to the store"Meena said that .....

50She told me that she ..... to school the following day.

51A good rule to follow is:If it is anuncommon event, then report it.

52Change the sentence into Reported speech: I go to school every day

53If a person says, "I finished it two days ago," how would you report this?

54Babita kumari said, "I saw them leave" .

55Which tense generally does not change in indirect speech?

56I asked my sister, 'Why are you crying?'

57They said that they ..... their homework.

58I ran to the station. Otherwise, I () the train.

59They said, "We are going to the market."

60He said: "I was playing football when the accident occurred"

61Using reported speech, if the sentence is in present, it must change into?