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Tense Backshift RulesSet 37

1But for their help, we couldn't have survived the famine. A. If they didn't help us, we couldn't survive the famine. B. If they hadn't helped us, we couldn't have survived the famine. C. If only they had helped us, we could have survived the famine. D. We survived the famine without their help.

2Direct Speech: "I want to know how to get back to 2022," said Monita. Indirect Speech: Monita said that she ..... to know how to get back to 2022.

3I haven't heard from them for ages.

4She said she ..... at 8 PM.

5The doctor told him that he doesn't keep his flat warm enough

6"We will be going to the playground tomorrow!" Sally and her brother told Sam.

7Anna said, "I am watching TV."

8The students said, 'We are going to buy a birthday gift for our class teacher.'

9Rewrite:The children laughed a lot because of the funny story.

10We were to stay with Rodrigo in Lisbon

11"I am working for an international bank in Hanoi now," my brother said.

12What's wrong with this sentence?Dad came home when mom was cooking dinner.

13Direct: "We will visit Bali next month," said my parents. $\rightarrow$ Reported:

14How long did you paint it? She asked .....

15"We are happy," says Jenny and Mary.What did they say?

16Convert the following sentence from direct to indirect speech: He said, "I shall visit you next week."

17I've never been to Wales.He said that .....

18Bill forgot to park in the garage

19"I'm watching TV", he haid. He said that .....

20Instructions: Change the following direct speech into reported speech. "They said, 'We are going to the park.'"

21Emma asks, "If someone says 'I have been studying,' how should this be reported?" Which of the following is correct?

22The student: 'I'm doing the best I can.'-The student told them that .....

23He said, "My wife has just bought a diamond ring. "

24What does present continuous become in indirect (reported) speech?

25Which is correct? (only one answer possible)Sara: "Ella, you have arrived late again."

26He said that he ..... busy.

27A: When are you going to move to your new villa? B: .....

28Indirect: He said that he had finished the homework.Direct form is .....

29She said she ..... English.

30She said that she ..... to see any of them and asked them to go away.

31"I am reading a fascinating book," she said.

32Tom told me that they ..... meat since .....

33She informed me that he had met with a road accident.

34Complete the sentence: 'That's my bike,' said Jacob. Jacob said that ..... bike.

35Emma says, "Audra told me she was fine." What was the likely original sentence in direct speech?

36Riya said, "I was singing in the backyard."

37The actor was asked: "How many films have you starred in?" and he answers .....

38"I will submit my thesis next week," she said.$\rightarrow$ She said that .....

39He asked me what I ..... (want) to eat that night.

40"I will have completed my house by next year," she said.

41Tim phoned and said he ..... to see us.

42Choose the best sentence.Without my teacher's advice, I wouldn't have participated in the competition.

43Choose the statement which gives the CORRECT rule in changing direct speech to reported speech.

44Direct: The children: 'We are singing songs.'The children said that they ..... songs.

45Audra says, "I am filming." How would Emma report this? Which of the following sentences correctly uses reported speech?

46She asked if I ..... coffee.

47Direct Speech: "I will go to the beach next Saturday," she said. What is the correct reported speech?

48Change the direct speech 'We are playing in the garden' to reported speech using the appropriate tense.

49Andrea: "I was so happy yesterday."Andrea said that .....

50Uma said, "I saw a Royal Bengal Tiger in the zoo."

51Michael said, "I ride my bike to work."

52"I am happy". Refa said.

53The child said that she ..... (not want) to go to bed early.

54Steve told us, Mary ..... (not buy) that car the month before.

55Change the verb tense correctly when converting to indirect speech: Direct: She said, "I am going to school."

56True or False: In reported speech, present tense verbs are usually changed to past tense.

57I had instructions that I ..... to leave the door unlocked when I came home.

58She replied that she ..... better.

59Kay: "I must arrange a couple of things. But I am free tonight."Kay explained that he ..... a couple of things. But he added that he ..... free that night.

60At lunch, Sarah told her friend, "I'm going to the library after school." Complete the sentence to report what Sarah said: "Sarah told me that she ..... to the library after school."

61He said he ..... coming to the party.