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Tense Backshift RulesSet 44

1"I always drink tea", she says.

2Which tense in direct speech typically doesn't change when converted to indirect speech?

3The doctor said he needs to exercise, so he .....

4She asked him where .....

5DIRECT Frame: 'I love Barbie films.'INDIRECT: He said that he ..... Barbie films.

6Direct: My parents: 'We will be home by 7 PM.'My parents said that they ..... home by 7 PM.

7Direct: "He works in a bank," she told me.Indirect: She told me that he ..... in a bank.

8Direct: He said, "I saw this movie last week." Indirect: He said that he ..... that movie the previous week.

9My teacher told me that he ..... us more homework.

10" ..... he ..... my problem?" Jenny asked her best friend, Theresa.

11"Do you know her address, John?", said they.

12"I don't understand Mandarin".What did she say?

13Rachel: I will go to the party on Friday.

14Estilo indirecto/tiempos: She asked me where I ..... from when she heard my accent.

15He said he ..... (know) him for 5 years.

16Tom said "I'm going to London tomorrow."Indirect speech:

17Robert: "I went to the new cafe yesterday." Robert said that he ..... to the new cafe the day before.

18REPORTED SPEECHDo verbs tenses change in reported speech?

19Identify the error in the indirect speech:

20Javier: Pablo is a good student.

21REPORTED SPEECHAlex: "My group works together after class. We are a great team! "Alex told me that .....

22Mary: "Have you considered becoming a teacher?" Jane: "She asked me if I ..... becoming a teacher" .

23Report these sentences:Mother said: "There are seven nice cups on the table."

24PRESENT CONTINUOUS > PAST CONTINUOUSD: DIANA SAID, " I AM SLEEPING ON MY BED"i: DIANA SAID SHE ..... ON HER BAG.

25Past simple (S+ V2) in Direct Speech will be changed into ..... in Indirect Speech

26Identify the errorJoshua asked if we would come by and pick him up and what time will be needed to be ready.

27Linda: I went to the gym yesterday.

28He said that he and his friend ..... married .....

29A: I've got a terrible headache.B: Yes, you look as if ..... an aspirin.

30He told me, " I will talk to you tomorrow."

31DS: She said, "We won this game." IS: She said that they had been winning that game.

32"I went to the zoo with my mother this morning," Tom said.

33"They are reading in silence."

34Tom said, "I will go to the gym tomorrow."

35I said, "Sam is driving the car."

36Which of the following is the correct reported speech of this sentence?"I have finished my homework," she said.

37I said to him, 'Why don't you work hard?'

38He said, " I had already left."

39Mary: "I have never been to London."She said (that) she ..... to London.

40Ravi said," Priya went to beach yesterday."

41She told him that his mother is ill, that's why he ..... quickly.

42Ravi said to Meena, " When did you call me?"

43Change the direct speech 'They said, "We are going to the park"' to indirect speech.

44"I'll talk to the general about this".The colonel said that he ..... to the general about this.

45Make the following sentence on a reported.I can't come to the meeting

46Why did some people had bisucits for dinner?

47David said to Anna, "I will call you before I leave tomorrow."

48"I was tired," he said.

49Direct Speech: My father said, " I ..... this movie last night."Indirect Speech: My father said that he had watched that movie the night before.

50A ..... (you / walk) to the station when it began to rain?B Yes, we were about halfway there, so ..... (we / get) very wet.

51Direct: "Why are the animals stressed?"Reported: The zookeeper asked why the animals ..... stressed.

52Report this sentence correctly.Tom said "I'm going to London tomorrow."

53"What time does the meeting start?" asked Sarah.Sarah wanted to know what time the meeting .....

54The manager told me that he ..... (speak) to the director already.

55"We are quite cold in here," the travellers say.

56"I was a victim of a fraud"

57Choose the best response:"He will come tomorrow".She told me that he ..... tomorrow.

58Direct: Ben: 'I have finished my work before he called.'Ben said that he ..... his work before he called.

59Jack asked me ..... A. where do you come from? B. where I came fromC. where I come from D. where did I come from?

60He said he ..... finish the report by tomorrow.

61Paul is taking a part in a talent show in New York.Tim said that Paul .....