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Tense Backshift RulesSet 53

1Lily said, " I'm going to call Sam."

2Audra says, "I will go to the mall." Emma reports this to her friend. Which of the following sentences correctly represents indirect speech?

3He said that he ..... going to the store.

4The indirect speech of He said, "I am happy" is:

5Which is the correct reported form? She said, "I like apples."

6"Have you seen my cellphone?" She asked.

7Rewrite the statement by choosing the correct completion: "I am tired," he said. He said that .....

8What is the correct change in tense when converting direct speech to reported speech?

9"The movie will be interesting"

10"I have finished my homework," he said.

11Choose the correct transformation of the following quoted speech into reported speech: 'They are coming tomorrow,' he said.

12"I can't come to the meeting," she said.

13Fill in the blank: Samuel said, 'I will go to the park.' Samuel said that ..... go to the park.

14" I'd never been there before" She said that .....

15"I can help you tomorrow."-Merlin said that .....

16Michael: " I usually go to school on foot."Michael said that ..... to school on foot.

17Choose the correct answer:Carol: I am just going out to get a paper.Vanessa: What newspaper (you/buy)?

18"Alaska is very cold." Our teacher said Alaska ..... cold.

19She said, "I went to the market yesterday." The correct indirect speech is .....

20Father said, " I will buy the new book today."

21Mike says: "I will do my best"

22Direct Speech"I have been listening to this radio station for the past 10 years," the man said.Indirect SpeechThe man said that he ..... to that radio station for the past 10 years.

23Choose the correct option.I am waiting for the bus.Sarah said she ..... for the bus.

24What is the indirect speech for 'The boy said, "I lost my pencil."'?

25"I want to meet the teacher", he says. He says that he ..... to meet the teacher.

26Last week, David telephoned the school and said that he ..... to school because he had a headache.

27Sabrina says, "I am hospitalized".She tells me that she ..... hospitalized.

28In Reported Speech, Present Simple changes to:

29She said she would call me when she ..... home.

30Dan:How long have you live in Spain? Reported:

31Lisa said, 'Tim hasn't been in the stadium for a year'.

32"What does Tom do?" he asked.

33Direct: He said, "I like pizza."

34She said "I will go to HCM City tomorrow."She said (that) she ..... to HCM City the following day.

35Which of the following is NOT a tense change in Reported Questions?

36I asked my mom:where were you yesterday?

37Teacher: "If you study harder, you'll pass the exam."Teacher said that .....

38The reported speech of: She said: "I will travel to China soon"

39I hoped (a) to his wedding, but I wasn't.

40He says; "I am presenting my paper".

41"She can solve the problem herself today," said Mr. Tan.Which is the correct transformation to indirect speech?

42She said she ..... away the following weekend.

43When changing into the indirect speech, the verb "am" changes into .....

44What is the fact of the sentence.My father would have bought me a new motorcycle

45'I will finish the project by Friday,' said Mark.

46The doctor said, "He is fine".

47We decided that John ..... the front door.

48"I am flying to India tomorrow".He told me that he ..... the next day..

49If the reporting verb is in a past tense:A verb in the past simple from the direct speech sentence turns into .....

50"What were you doing at this time yesterday?" she asked. Answer: She asked .....

51True or False: The sentence 'I saw the movie yesterday,' is correctly reported as 'She said she had seen the movie the day before.'

52Change the verb tense: He said, 'I played football yesterday.'

53"They had never been to Scotland until last year"

54Our teacher believes we will all pass the test.

55Mani said, "I met him this week."

56Direct: David: 'I will call you tomorrow.'David said that he ..... me the next day.

57"He went out last night" She told me.

58DIRECT: Jim said "I can swim very well"

59Convert to reported speech: "Tom said, 'I have been working hard.'"

60She said she ..... tired.

61'I had lived in four countries by the age of ten.' $\rightarrow$ She said that she ..... in four countries by the age of ten.