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Tense Backshift RulesSet 58

1He said, 'I will help you with your homework.'

2He said that he ..... (finish) the project by the following week.

3Choose the correct reported statement."They will call you."

4What is the reported form of the sentence: "Julia is getting married" ?

5Cliff said, "Fifth grade is our best year yet!"

6"I can't reach the top shelf", Amy said.

7Tiny Toon said "I have sung in the best concert last night." (please you make indirect sentence/kalimat tak langsung)

8Change the following sentence to Indirect Speech-Mother said, "Tommy is writing a letter now."

9John said, "I am tired of work"John said that .....

10"I am not feeling well," she said. She said she .....

11Richard promises that he ..... back the money you lent him.

12Direct Speech: Simple presentReported Speech: .....

13She said, "I have never been to Europe." -She said that she ..... to Europe.

14True or False: The sentence "She said she will call me later" is a grammatically correct reported version of the direct speech "I will call you later."

15Siti said, "I am cooking." Siti said that she ..... cooking.

16The girl said that she ..... the letter the day before.

17Direct speech: 'I worked as a waiter before becoming a chef,' he said.indirect speech: He said he has worked as a waiter before becoming a chef.

18She said, 'I visited the museum.'

19Peter hasn't played the piano for two months.

20Arthur: "I can play the piano"

21I said to the pilgrim, 'How was the journey?'

22Levi: "I sprain my ankle when I kill titan last week."What is the indirect speech of that sentence?

23They said they ..... a movie.

24"They often go on holiday in July"

25CHOOSE THE RIGHT ANSWER TO COMPLETE THE REPORTED STATEMENT:"We went out last night."She said that they ..... the night before.

26Mary "I love chocolate" Jill: "Mary said (that) she ..... chocolate"

27Peter: "I'm going to the supermarket to buy some potatoes."

28How does the fire get put out for good?

29I thought that Chelsea ..... the game easily, but the smaller team surprised them and beat the Blues 2-1.

30Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"Tom:'I have never been to Japan." '

31What is the correct indirect speech for the sentence?John said, "I can solve this problem."

32Change the following to Direct SpeechEliza asked me if I had gone to school the week before.

33My sister said, " I ate some beef burgers."My sister said that I .....

34Paul: "I have houseguests for the weekend"

35"I'm going home early, Hilary. ".My sister told me that she ..... home early.

36The teacher asked if I ..... my assignment on time.

37"I wasn't watching at that time." He said that he ..... at that time.

38Raj said, 'I am tired' in indirect

39Direct Speech: "I can speak French fluently," she claimed.

40Direct: "We have never seen such pollution before."Reported: They said they ..... never seen such pollution before.

41She said, "I have two cats". She said that she .....

42Choose the correct answer. In what speech we have to use "backshift"

43This speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken.

44Emily asked her teacher ......

45Offerings left in ancient graves tell us what the community valued and what people believed was worth having.

46'We loved the beaches.'The tourists said they ..... the beaches.

47She said that Mary ..... into her flat because she ..... her key.

48"I am tired", she said. $\rightarrow$ Reported:

49He asked me what I ..... that morning.

50Change into FACTS!Nasya wouldn't be sad if she didn't find out her boyfriend cheating.

51Oleg said that he ..... going to apply for a new job at the international company.

52'I had finished all my homework before dinner.' Emily said that she .....

53If someone says, "I'm planning to do it today," and it is still the same day, how do you report it?

54He said that most problems ..... by teenagers.a) cause b) caused c) were caused d) were causing

55Rewrite in indirect speechMark told me, "Judy was here yesterday."$\rightarrow$ Mark told me .....

56Lablab shouted that Belerick had been scary.

57"We visited Japan last year," they saidThey said that ..... Japan the year before.

58Paul said, "I'm reading a great book about Afghanistan."

59Amy said, "Polly is learning her script upstairs."

60Choose the correct direct speech for the following indirect speech: He told me that he had finished his work the previous night.

61Change the verb tense: He said, 'I play soccer.' (to indirect)