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Tense Backshift RulesSet 39

1"I will call you". I told her that I ..... her.

2They said, 'We are planning a trip next month.'

3James said to his mother, 'I am leaving for New York tomorrow.'

4My sister: "I will live abroad next year"She said that she ..... abroad next year.

5She said she ..... to do it last weekend.

6"When will the schools reopen?", I asked my friend.

7Sam said: "I want to go to Cambridge".

8Direct Speech: She said, "I can't hear you." Reported Speech: She said that she ..... hear me.

9"I have done the homework", she said.

10He talks as if he ..... everything.

11Change into Indirect Speech: He said, "I will be traveling to New York."

12The author is said ..... a fortune on his new villa.

13Change the tense: She said, 'I play soccer every Saturday.'

14Identify the indirect speech form of this sentence; She said, "I can sing."

15She said that she was not feeling happy, so I ..... to her.

16Mary "I have had three cats " Jill: "Mary said (that) she ..... three cats"

17Bijis: I have been waiting for your call this morning.Dori: .....

18'We'll come round later'. They said ......

19We also often make changes to the tenses and other words in the same way as for reported statements (have done $\rightarrow$ ..... )

20He ..... the teacher was calling him. He ..... to another student.

21"I'll help you." $\rightarrow$ Mike said he ..... help me.

22"We watched a movie," they said.

23Select the correct indirect speech: She said, "I am watching TV."

24Change direct speech into reported speechThe farmer said: "I didn't see her." $\rightarrow$ The farmer said ..... her.

25"My job is very tiring" He said.Tom said ..... very tiring

26What time did you come home last night, Mark? said Tom.

27She said she ..... a doctor.

28Maria asked us, "Have you seen my notes?"Mari asked us .....

29Choose the best indirect speech for: Tashi said, "I am studying."

30Direct speech: "I am watching my favorite show on this channel." Which option is the fully correct reported version?

31He said, "I can finish the work today."

32Direct Speech: "We will travel to Italy this summer," they said. What is the correct reported speech?

33Past perfect and Past continuous tense do not change in indirect speech.

34John: "I have finished my project."Sarah: "John said (that) he ..... finished his project."

35Sarah informed that ..... to Paris before.

36Change this sentence into indirect speech: "I am studying now," she said.

37"My mother is taking the bus to work now". He told me that his mother ..... the bus to work then.

38Josh told his heir that his voice had been truly annoying.

39Change direct speech to indirect speech. Lilly said, "I ate pizza last night"

40"I live in Kediri."-> She told me that she in Kediri, but I think she's moved.

41She asked her friend if she ......

42Change the following direct speech to indirect speech: 'I can swim,' she said.

43Nora overheard the old man saying, "If I were younger, I would travel the world." Can you help her find the correct indirect narration of his words?

44"I have found a part-time job," Bob said.

45The CEO said, 'We have achieved our targets.' How would you report this statement?

46If you ..... (listen) to me, you would have got the job.

47'Rebekah lives near the library.' She told me that Rebekah .....

48He said, "I will help you tomorrow." What is the correct indirect speech?

49Direct: He said, "I have finished my project." Indirect: He said that .....

50Which of these verb tense/phrase changes when it looks like a reported speech?Rayhan said, "midterm examination is going to start next month."

51Direct Speech: She said, "I go jogging every morning."

52''Jhonn doesn't feel well" They said.

53"I am reading a book," Mother said.

54In reported questions, the verb tenses, pronouns, possessive adjectives, time expressions, etc., all change in the same way as they do in reported statements.

55"What is the most important role that you've played?"He asked Joe

56If he had listened to the advice, he wouldn't be in trouble now.

57Direct: He said, "I have finished my homework."

58"I love chocolate," she said $\rightarrow$ She said she ..... chocolate.

59Identify the correct indirect speech for the sentence: 'He said, "I am reading a book."'

60Change the speech.He said, "The horse died in the night."

61They knew that Pepe stole the diamond