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Tense Backshift RulesSet 32

1$^{Question: Choose the correct option to complete the sentence.}$He said that his friends ..... to speak to him after they lost the football match.

2They told me they ..... to the party.

3Change the verb tense: She said, 'I will visit my grandmother next week.'

4DIRECT: 'Are you coming with us?' he asked me.INDIRECT: He asked me if I ..... coming/going with them.

5Write the direct speech form of the following: I asked her where she lived.

6David: They were in the school

7Petter said, "I go to the beach."

8"The Earth moves around the Sun", my teacher said.

9'I am buying a new computer next weekend.' Jose David said.

10If a student reported, "My teacher said that she had given us the assignment the day before," what was the teacher's original statement?

11He said, "We have completed the task."

12When did you watch TV yesterday?

13She said, 'I will eat cheese.'

14Khushi said, "I go to school every day by bus."

15"I don't like mushrooms" Adriana said.

16Philip said, "I was playing football."

17"She has bought a new T-shirt"She said (that) she ..... a new T-shirt.

18John said, "I need to go to the doctor for a check-up."

19The teacher told us the exam ..... difficult.

20He told you he wasn't at home, ..... he?

21He said he ..... visit me the next day.

22He said ..... travel to Ayuthayy

23My mother promised me she .....

24The politician said, 'Nobody had warned them about the storm.'

25Choose the correct reported form: "I am happy," she said. $\rightarrow$

26Direct Speech: She said, "I did my best in the exam."

27Vinay said that the maid had taken a day off.

28I don't know ..... Why does Tom disinfect doorknobs?

29What is the correct tense change for: 'He said, "I am tired."'

30Direct Speech: Future SimpleReported Speech: .....

31Direct: "Exercise will help reduce stress."Reported: She said that exercise ..... help reduce stress.

32My mom said if plants aren't watered, .....

33'I'm not going to tell Dad.'

34What is the correct reported speech? Direct: "I am busy," she said.

35Direct speech: He was saying, "she will fetch me from school." Indirect speech: .....

36Were you studying when I (a) you last night?

37Joe told me that he ..... to Edinburgh the following week.

38"I have decided to look for a new job", he said (that)

39Choose correct or incorrect. The politician told that international relations was a complicated subject.

40Direct: Present Simple tense=> Indirect: .....

41Direct: Dad: 'I have repaired the fence.'Dad said that he ..... the fence.

42I'd like to know what time did it start

43Rewrite the following sentence in reported speech: I don't know what I should wear to the party.

44REPORTED SPEECHPresent Simple changes to .....

45'I'm wearing a coat, ' David said.

46Peter asked, 'what did you eat for dinner?'Peter asked what I ..... for dinner.

47Elle m'a dit: "Je suis desolee pour hier."

48"I will have a cup of tea, " my father said, "because I am not hungry."

49Complete the reported sentence:Mary "I love chocolate."Jerry: "Mary said (that) she ..... chocolate."

50"You have brought books for me," Jessica said.

51Mary: "I went skiing."

52James said to us that he is walking home when he saw the accident

53Nam wanted to know what time ..... A. does the movie begin B. did the movie begin C. the movie begins D. the movie began

54"I'll do the washing-up later."

55'I commute 45 minutes to work.' $\rightarrow$ She told me that she ..... 45 minutes to work, but I bet it takes longer now with the roadworks.

56"I can't drive a truck," Bill said. Bill said that .....

57"I caught a cold while I ..... at the bus stop," Daniel told us.Daniel told us that he caught a cold while he ..... at the bus stop.

58A: Where ..... that jacket? B: In that new clothes shop in Piazza Kennedy.

59"What I do remember is the time we had in a park where you handed me a cotton candy. That is the oldest picture I have in my memory, Dad," Rodel says.Reported: Rodel says that what he ..... is the time they had in a park where his father handed him a cotton candy.

60The train didn't arrive on time.

61Choose the correct reported speech: 'I can help you,' she said.