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Tense Backshift RulesSet 61

1Direct: Susan: 'We are going to see a play next weekend.'Susan said that they ..... a play the following weekend.

2"I write letters every day".He told me that he ..... letters.

3Zikri made a plan that he ..... the kitchen for the next day. (Zikri membuat rencana bahwa dia akan membersihkan dapur esok hari)

4She said she ..... collect it for me after work.

5But it was fine! There were news articles and short stories, film and music reviews, and some fantastic photos. Our teacher said it ..... the best class magazine he had ever seen.

6WHEN REPORTING, THE PRESENT SIMPLE CHANGES TO .....

7"I had just turned out the light," he explained.

8Pavan said " I am living in Paris."

9Direct: "I have finished my homework," Mary said. Indirect: Mary said that she ..... her homework.

10Tom said if the fair is here, we were coming back to enjoy it.

11My dad said to me " you will be success in the future"=> my dad said to me that I would be success in the future

12Which of the following is the correct indirect speech for: Mary said, "I have finished my homework."

13She told me where ......

14Michael: "I have finished my homework."Sarah: "Michael said (that) he ..... finished his homework."

15He said that his mother would be very upset when she ..... that he had lost his job.

16Change to direct speech: Indirect: He said that he was tired. Direct: He said, "I ..... tired."

17Jane: I will go to FranceShe said that .....

18Ds: My sister said, "I read the short story yesterday".Is: .....

19Change the verb tense in this sentence: 'I am happy,' she said, to indirect speech.

20Transform the following sentence from DIRECT SPEECH to INDIRECT SPEECH: "I have finished my homework, " he said.

21"I have lost my umbrella." He said ......

22"Samobody stole my wallet" said James.James said

23The day before yesterday: not go / supermarket yesterday: not have / anything to eat

24Change the verb tense in the reported speech: They said, 'We are watching a movie.'

25Change the reported speech to direct: She said that she had finished her homework.

26Eckels learns that, "If Deutscher had gotten in, we'd have the worst kind of dictatorship" (Bradbury 1).

27"He said that he ..... (go) to the library."

28John: "My sister is studying in Australia this year"John said that .....

29"He will come tomorrow", she said.Indirect speech:She said that he .....

30People believed that the Earth was the center of the universe. => It .....

31"Harry waited for someone to rescue the dog yesterday," Mr Kumar said.Ans: Mr Kumar said .....

32He asked if I ..... finished the task.

33Direct: "Where is the recycling center?"Reported: She asked me where the recycling center .....

34" I am reading a book today" -Mary

35Choose the correct reported statement for the given sentence:"John:'I am meeting the client at 2 PM." '

36Mary: "I don't understand"Jill: Mary said that she ..... understand

37He asked me when he was eating.

38Which tense is used in direct speech when the person is speaking in the present?

39Complete the sentence using reported speech: "The teacher said, 'We have a test on Friday.'"

40While changing to indirect speech Past perfect Tense changes to .....

41The tour guide:'' In this package holiday you can do a lot of fun activities."The tour guide told us that in that package holiday ..... a lot of fun activities

42Fruit found at the crime scene was reported ..... police to the murder.

43Peter reported, "We played a lot of tennis last year."

44John said he ..... his phone.

45Simple Past, Present Perfect and Past Perfect will change to which tense during the conversion of Direct Speech to Indirect Speech.

46Which is a correctly written indirect speech sentence?

47Indirect:Lina said that she painted the wall.

48Change the direct speech to reported speech:"I'm really hungry", said Laura.

49I think she ..... the party tomorrow.

50"Dan broke my pen last week", Henry said. He said .....

51Change to Indirect Speech: "I will call you tomorrow," he said.

52Convert into indirect speech: I said:-I want to go to school

53Complete the sentence with the correct verb phrase to form a reported declarative sentence.Direct: "I have finished my chores."Yesterday, my sister announced that she ..... her chores before we could go out.

54I haven't waited for you long.

55"it's time to do my homework." She said that it ..... time to do my homework

56She said: "I don't know where my shoes are"

57Choose the correct option:Teacher: 'It has rained a lot today, so the children can't go out.'

58"Where are you, Paul?" asked me my friend.

59Change tense, pronoun, time, placeMrs Ong said, "You can look for me tomorrow at this table."Mrs Ong said that ..... look for ..... at ..... table.

60I asked her what they had found in the classroom.

61Steven: " I will go to Paris in the summer."Steven said that ..... to Paris in the summer.