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Tense Backshift RulesSet 16

1She said: "I didn't take my pencil-box"

2Suga said, "I was working on my project"

3Direct: "I was busy" he said.Indirect: He said that ..... busy.

4How we report this sentence: "I've swallowed my chewing gum."

5I asked him '' What have you done?"I asked him .....

6She said, 'I am working on the presentation.' How would you report this statement?

7Complete the reported sentences with the correct form of the verb.Choose the correct option to complete the sentences.Penny said, 'Soup often has extra sugar in it.'Penny said soup often ..... extra sugar in it.

8"Don't forget to give me your phone number""Ok, I give /I'll give it to you before you go/you'll go."

9"I can swim very well." (Mr. Flash)

10Mark said, "I will go to the party." $\rightarrow$

11Which sentence is correctly changed into indirect speech? He said, "She is coming to the party."

12Which reported speech version is correct?Reported speech: Anna wanted to know when the museum had opened.Direct speech:

13He said, "I've never been there before."

14She said, "My parents are going to Karachi".

15"I passed my exam." $\rightarrow$ He said he ..... his exam.

16"I broke the blue vase," Zoe told her mother.

17Mr. gracg said," The children will take the test tomorrow."In Indirect speech is .....

18Choose the best answer. The bank manager told me that the house ..... for.

19Which of these sentences correctly uses backshift of tenses?He said, "I will call you tomorrow."

20Change the verb tense: They said, 'We are eating dinner.' (to indirect)

21"Be careful; the steps are very slippery", I warned him.

22Roy said 'I own two cars' (Reported speech)

23Direct: "I need a pen," she said.Indirect: She said that she ..... a pen.

24When changing direct speech to reported speech, we change: future(will) $\rightarrow$

25She asked, "Do you know where the library is?" She asked if I ..... where the library was.

26"I want to go to the beach," he said.

27He said, "I can swim very well."

28John said, "My brother doesn't like coffee." -John said that his brother ..... coffee.

29'I didn't play chess.'She said she ..... chess.

30He (say) that he (study) for several hours.

31Change of Direct Speech to Indirect Speech-He said "I'll be there at 2 pm."

32Determine the tense usually used in indirect speech after the reporting verb said.

33Sarah said, "I am reading a book."

34Find the mistake in each sentence6. He said he is going (A) to write a (B) letter of inquiry (C) the next (D) day.

35Peter:I have to study for a huge exam on Monday. "Peter said he ..... for a huge exam on Monday.

36'I'm not listening.' He told us that he .....

37"How did you solve this problem?" the teacher asked.

38Mary said, 'I put my homework on this desk yesterday.'

39"Tina has been dancing all night," he said to Sarah.

40My mom is arriving home tomorrow.That boy said .....

41Icha said "I haven't see Carla"

42Change this direct speech into reported speech: Bibi asked me, "Have you ever driven a motor scooter?"

43"My brother is a soldier", she said.She said that her brother ..... as soldier.

44Change this sentence into Indirect SpeechArun said," I will go to the market tomorrow."

45"We have built a house"-He said he ..... a house

46Grammar-Reported Speech.Choose the correct answer for the reported speech.Direct Speech: I never make mistakes.

47Choose the correct indirect speech of: "She said, 'I am happy." '

48Convert the direct speech 'She said, 'I like to read books" to indirect speech.

49"I will call you," she said.

50The correct Reported speech

51"We were living in Paris", they told me.

52I told Pietro that when he arrived at my place, we ..... to the shopping mall.

53Convert the direct speech 'I will help you,' he said, into indirect speech.

54Convert the sentence from quoted speech to reported speech.Fabiana: "Jason lied to me." Fabiana said Jason ..... to .....

55I said, " I shall go to Mumbai soon."

56Which sentence follows the correct reported speech rule?

57If I had known you were coming, I would have saved you a seat. = I didn't save you a seat because I didn't know you are coming.

58Change the following direct speech to indirect speech. 'She is my best friend', said Cynthia.

59"I will be there at 6 PM," he said.

60Add the correct punctuation to the following indirect speech: She told me that she was going to the party

61She said that she ..... learning English with you.