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Tense Backshift RulesSet 13

1Change this sentence into reported speech: "I will finish my homework tonight," she said.

2Your friend has just left.

3He told me, "I have not followed you back."

4What had you done before you got into troubles?

5The teacher explained, "Tokyo is the most modern city in the world."The teacher explained that Tokyo..

6Convert the direct speech: 'I can swim,' he said.

7"We're going to visit grandma," they said. They said they .....

8Change the red Direct speech sentence below into Reported speech correctly:Jim said, "I will be resting tomorrow."

9He said he ..... late to the meeting.

10They said they ..... what I would do next.

11Paul: 'I won't be at the meeting tomorrow.'Paul said that he ..... at the meeting the following day.

12He said he ..... ready for the test.

13Choose the correct form of the verb:'He said that he ..... (go) to the party.'

14He said, "I will complete the project by tomorrow."

15What happens to the verb form when changing a quote to reported speech?

16"I can't explain this rule to you," said my classmate to me.

17He said, "I will come." Choose the correct indirect speech:

18" He will come tomorrow" She told meShe told me that he ..... tomorrow.

19Anne said. 'I am going for shopping.'

20Girish said, "I am reading a book."

21"The cat had an accident," said Dad.What did dad say?

22She was reported ..... through the town at 90 miles an hour.

23Jane: (to Kelly) I always try to tell Victor what I think, but he never listens to me.Jane told Kelly that she always ..... to tell Victor what she thinks. She ..... Victor never listens to her.

24She said, "I had eaten before you came."

25Choose the correct reported speech for: He said, "Nobody helped me."

26Meena said, "I go to the park every day."

27"That's not art. I think he just threw some paint on the canvas." > "It looks like that, ..... it?"

28Change direct speech into reported speechPeter said: "I want to tell you the news now" .$\rightarrow$ .....

29"I am having breakfast now", says Eve.Eve said that she ..... then.

30Complete the sentence: 'I have been waiting for an hour,' she said becomes She said she ..... waiting for an hour.

31Read and choose the correct answers. The teacher asked if we ..... for the test

32COMPLETE THE REPORTED STATEMENT:'The best theme park is in America'-She told me that the best theme park ..... in America.

33"We went to the zoo last week," they said. $\rightarrow$ They said they ..... to the zoo the previous week.

34Choose the correct answer. We will inform her .....

35"We'll celebrate tomorrow."

36He said that he ..... the following week.

37Everyone thinks that Adam was repairing his car when the accident happened. Adam .....

38"I am happy today," he said.Indirect speech:

39..... "I met her about three months ago" , he said ..... He said that he had met her about three months before

40The stranger asked me where I ..... from.

41How would you report "He said, 'I had driven the car." '?

42He said, "My sisters are having birthday party"The direct voice above is a combination of .....

43Pick the correct direct speech sentence for:1. Madhura said that she had eaten the ice-cream the day before.

44The woman said to him, "You play the piano well."The girl said to him that .....

45Choose the correct direct speech form of the following sentence. They said that they would come to the party.

46She said, "I can solve this problem."

47When backshifting, what does past simple usually change to?

48Kate: "When does the film start?"> Kate wanted to know .....

49Complete the sentence in the reported speech.-They said, "We are busy."R/ They said that .....

50Change the sentence into indirect speech. "I was writing a letter yesterday."

51She asked where ..... the day before.

52James was fired because he wrote a bad report!

53Direct to IndirectHelen complained to Jill, "My mother has been nagging at me."

54"I swam in the lake"-She said she ..... in the lake

55All present tenses (simple, continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous) go to ..... tenses in transforming direct to indirect speech.

56Direct Speech: They said, "We have lived here for five years."

57Emma asked, "Where does Mr Hudson live?"

58He said that he ..... a lot of money on advertising to expand his business A. spends B.has spent C. spending D. had spent

59Reported speech: She said: "I've applied for a job."

60Direct Speech: She said, "I am cleaning my room."

61'I have finished my project,' said Lisa.