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Tense Backshift RulesSet 64

1Direct Speech: "I am going to the party tonight," she said. What is the correct reported speech?

2Choose the better option using Report speech.Nohelia "I will take a guitar lesson tomorrow" Jill: "Nohelia said (that) she ..... take a guitar lesson ..... "

3"I will visit you next week," she said to me.

4The technician says, "I need to diagnose the problem to see what causes it."Change into Indirect Speech!

5"I have never driven a car" he said.He said .....

6They said, "We watched the movie."

7What is the consequence mentioned if you had helped the wounded?

8He wrote the letter in 2 hours.

9I gave the cashier rm 30

10Mr Bean said, ''I'm going to wait here."

11'Tony always works very hard,' said Michael.

12Rewrite the sentence in reported speech: 'He said, 'I am going to the party.'

13Find the Indirect speech!

14"I'm studying"She told me (that) she

15He said, "I am going to the store later."

16An old man said, "Action is louder than words." An old man said that action ..... louder than words.

17"I was walking along the street."Indirect: She said that ..... along the street.

18Change direct speech into reported speechThe boys said "We have to try our best to win the match." $\rightarrow$ .....

19He said, "I sang a song".

20Tania said, 'I have read this novel.'

21Rama said, "All the boys were singing".Choose the correct Indirect Speech for this.

22'I have seen that movie before,' she said.

23They asked if I ..... while the traditional game was being played.

24"I don't like science fiction," Anna said. How would you complete the sentence: "Anna said she ..... "

25Choose correct option to complete the sentence.She said that she ..... (not feel) happy, so I ..... (talk) to her.

26Direct Speech: He said, "I saw her yesterday."

27Reported Speech: Change the following direct speech into reported speech: "I don't like ice cream," said Ali.

28Direct Speech"Mom, I was dreaming about eating a drumstick when you woke me up," the son complained.Indirect SpeechThe son complained to his mom that he ..... about eating a drumstick when she ..... him up.

29Change the verb tense in this sentence: 'I have finished my homework,' he said, to indirect speech.

30"They will pass the exam"She told me (that) ..... the exam

31Ajayi said, " I will achieve the impossible."

32Which of the following sentences has an error in its conversion to reported speech?

33"I promise I will write to you as soon as I arrive, Jane" said Nick.Nick promised Jane that he ..... to her as soon as he .....

34REPORTED SPEECH " I will cook supper tonight"

35"I want to go on holiday but I don't know where to go." $\rightarrow$ Tom said that .....

36My brother said, "I am hungry." My brother said that he ..... hungry.

37He told me that they ..... to go to the cinema, ..... a 56 bus and ..... at the Norman Street

38'Who knows the answer?' the teacher asked.

39The person in charge told me that If I took the 8 a.m. flight to Berlin, I ..... change planes.

40"Where have you been?" the mother asked her daughter.

41Instructions: Change the following direct speech into reported speech. "He said, 'I will call you tonight.'"

42Convert to reported speech: "She said, 'I will go to the party.'"

43"I can swim very well," Jane said.

44Change the sentence from indirect speech to direct speech.Joanne told me that she was having a day off the day after.

45He said, "I'm very busy today." He said .....

46He said he ..... before.

47The man said that he didn't like strawberry.Direct speech:

48DIRECT Gerrard: 'You can come to my place.'INDIRECT: He said that .....

49Which of the following options is correct:They had an early night in order to be ready for the race the next day. (so that)

50Ben asked: "Where did you find the book? "Ben asked me .....

51Had the marketing team launched the campaign earlier, the results ..... more favorable.

52She said, "I have been reading since morning." Identify the correct indirect speech:

53"I have drunk his tea" said Mr.ArisIn direct speech is..

54Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, "I do not like chocolate."

55Rishi: "I am going to ride a skateboard"Rishi said that .....

56Tim: "She works in an office"Tim said (that) she .....

57She said she ..... sorry about the delay and she ..... with the matter right away.

58"I am going to the market." said my mother

59Choose the Correct Indirect sentence of-: Rohan said, "I want to watch TV"

60The teacher asked if he ..... his homework.

61She said, 'I don't like loud music.'