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Tense Backshift RulesSet 24

1Choose the correct Indirect Speech conversion for the given Direct Speech sentence. Direct: She said, "It has been raining since morning."

2Fatima will say "hello" to Lorenzo as soon as he ..... from his love. (know)

3This sentence is direct speech:He said," I can speak English."The correct indirect speech of the direct speech above is:

4They said, "We are going to the park now."

5Yaseen said, "I met the principal in Lahore yesterday".

6Direct Speech: "I went to the cinema last night," he said. What is the correct reported speech?

7"When did you sing?"My sister wanted to know .....

8Some companies asked their employees to learn English

9She said she ..... at 7 p.m. yesterday.

10Thu said: " All the students will have a meeting next week"

11'I went skiing last weekend.' She said she .....

12True or False: The sentence 'Yesterday, he said, "I am going to the store"' is correctly reported as 'Yesterday, he said that he was going to the store.'

13Jake: I have been watching a film.Jake said .....

14Lenny: "I will come tomorrow."

15Three of these sentences are reported correctly. Which one is the 'odd one out' because it is incorrect?

16In reported Speech sentences we change the past simple to .....

17She said, 'I have never seen such a movie.'

18I don't like this film.My brother said .....

19She said, "I am going to bake a cake."

20Change this sentence to reported speech. "I have been to China before."

21Anna said, "I studied in Singapore before."Anna said that she ..... in Singapore before.

22Muhammad Abdul said, "I have taken the medicine".He told me that he ..... that medicine.

23Which form is correct for reported speech of "I'm studying"?

24Change the tense: Bayu: "I am watching a movie.'

25"I'll call you as soon as I arrive," promised David.

26Jim asked her: 'Where do you live?'Jim asked her where .....

27Identify the grammatically correct reported sentence.

28"Paula wasn't living in New York last year" Amy said

29How would you translate the following sentence? People wouldn't be afraid of gorillas if they knew they were peaceful animals.

30Amanda: Where were your manager last week?Kathy: .....

31"I worked as a waiter last year."Mark told me he ..... as a waiter .....

32Yono said, " I don't like you."The indirect is: Yono said that he ..... like me

33He asked me where I ..... from.

34Put the sentence into direct speech:Reported speech:Eric said that he had bought a new car.Direct speech:?

35Error identification.Could you meet us at the airport tomorrow afternoon? Our flight will land at 4 o'clock.

36Use the reported to report what sombody else said."I need some bandages"

37Caesar dixit se tres legatos in provinciam missurum esse.

38I am going to buy some new shoes.

39"Why was John absent yesterday?" "I'm not sure, but he said he ..... "

40Rehana said, "He will come tomorrow". Rehana told me that he ..... the next day.

41Is the statement of Indirect TRUE OR FALSE?Direct: He said, 'I can find my way.'Indirect: He said that he could find his way.

42D: FATHER SAID, " MOTHER WENT TO SEMARANG YESTERDAY"I: FATHER SAID MOTHER HAD GONE TO SEMARANG .....

43The Russian scientists ..... the vaccine against COVID-19.

44Choose the correct answer from the given indirect speech options.(Remember the rule: Present Continuous in the direct becomes Past Continuous.)Jeeya said, "I am going to church" .

45Occasionally, we don't change the present tense into the past if the information in direct speech is still true, is a universal truth or a habitual fact.

46"She is ill," said mother.Choose the correct indirect speech:

47"Karen is expecting a baby".Betty said that Karen ..... a baby.

48Change to indirect: "I am tired," said Anna.

49He said he had arrived before you.

50Omar said that he ..... there before.

51Choose the correct reported speech sentence. Direct: "I saw him yesterday," she said.

52Kisses said, "There were sparks between us from the start."

53"We like working in Paris"

54He said, "I came here a long time ago."

55Change the direct speech into the indirect speech. He said, " I arrived before you."

56He said, "I am watching a movie right now"The direct voice above is a combination of .....

57John: Have you submitted your task?Mary: .....

58Tina said, " I can write neatly".

59They told us, "We spend our holidays on a farm every year."

60REPORTED STATEMENTS:Choose the correct answerHe said: "I always design comfortable clothes" .He said that he always ..... comfortable clothes.

61Identify the indirect speech: 'I can swim,' he said confidently.