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Tense Backshift RulesSet 43

1Polly: I'm really tired. When I saw Polly yesterday, she said she ..... really tired.

2She said she ..... to call me after the meeting, but she forgot.

3Direct: John said, "I will meet you at the park." Indirect: John said that .....

4They said, "We have just arrived at our house."

5The teacher told me, "My parents were sick yesterday."

6Fill in the gap with the appropriate verb (in the right tense).He said there ..... no more work.

7Mom left a note saying she'd be back soon.Mom's note said she wouldn't be be long.

8"I don't speak Japanese here," she said.She said that ......

9Madison said, "I'm tired."

10In direct style we have a verb in the present perfect if we want to report in indirect style we use .....

11Correct the mistakes in the sentences. There is one mistake in each sentence. J K Rowling is thought to write another Harry Potter book, but this was later found to be untrue.

12Change the tense: She said, 'I saw a movie yesterday.'

13'I'm going to be late home from work tonight.' Mum said that .....

14Direct Speech-Past Simple, becomes ..... in Reported Speech.

15Which of the following is an example of backshift in tense?

16The teacher said, "You were talking during the lesson."

17They said, "We saw him yesterday." They said that they ..... him the day before.

18She said, "I was not feeling well."$\rightarrow$ She said that she ..... feeling well.

19" ..... James put the compass in his bag, we would not be lost in the forest," grumbled Ai Ling.

20Father said: " I can speak three languages"Father said that ..... speak three languages.

21The policeman asked if I ..... the stranger.

22"I visited my parents at the weekend."He said that ..... parents at the weekend.

23He said to me, "I have often told you not to play with fire,"

24Direct: Rosli said, "I have washed my bicycle."Indirect: Rosli said that he ..... washed his bicycle.

25'I am learning Spanish,' said Tom.

26Lisa said, "I will call you tomorrow."

27"I don't like pizza," she said.

28..... he proposed to me, I ..... "Yes"

29What was he thinking about? He almost got hit by car.

30How would you apply the indirect speech to the following sentence in the simple present tense?"They want to go home."

31Direct: The couple: 'We are planning our wedding.'The couple said that they ..... their wedding.

32Jack said (V.2) he ..... finish the work the next day.

33They said, "There was a problem yesterday".They said there .....

34Convert the following sentence from direct to indirect speech: He said, "I will start my studies now."

35We talked about a lot of things. I don't remember now. (choose the same meaning sentence)

36I asked her how long the man (be) unconscious.

37The man said, "I had lost all my money."The man said that he ..... all his money.

38He said that he was going home then.

39Which countries did she visit?

40"Where have you been hiding?", she asked. She asked me where ..... hiding.

41Misha said it ..... raining all week.

42He told me "I begin to understand the concept of biodiversity."

43What tense change occurs when changing the direct speech 'I had been working' to indirect speech?

44She said she ..... to the Moon when she had enough money.

45Choose the right variant: He said that he ..... in the village last year.

46Demian said, "I am going out of town."

47Everyone asked,"When will the movie start?"Everyone asked when the movie .....

48In indirect speech, what tense is used for the future simple tense in direct speech?

49Shabnum said, "Mummy is resting in her room."

50"I can speak Chinese very well".

51She said she ..... us at the station.

52Instructions: Change the following direct speech into reported speech. "She said, 'I don't like coffee.'"

53He said ..... lots of new food.

54He said, "I am writing a letter." Which option is correct in indirect speech?

55Select the correct indirect speech. He said, 'I will write a letter.'

56John promised he ..... an end to the situation but he failed to so.

57Dev said, "I will clean my house tomorrow."Dev said that he ..... his house the next day.

58He said, "I will travel to Paris next summer."

59They said they ..... home early.

60Complete the sentence using the correct Reported Speech:Tania told me she ..... a movie that evening.

61John said that he ..... then.