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Tense Backshift RulesSet 68

1The entire lake would have been toxic if the chemical waste had been wasted there.The act is .....

2Direct Speech: My friend said, "I will visit you tomorrow."

3"I've been writing letters," Seanu answered.We can also say .....

4Dani said, "We are finding the ship now."

5Mdm Lim told the class, "I was marking your work this morning."

6In "reported speech", PRESENT SIMPLE turns into .....

7She said, "I need not worry."

8Tom asked,"Where are you going?"Tom asked where I .....

9She said, "I lost the key of my room." She said that ......

10"I know her contact number, " said Helena

11He said that the bus ..... at 7.

12My mother said, "I am leaving now."

13I will work abroad.

14The secretary said .....

15Choose the correct answer:The teacher told us to stop what we .....

16Choose the correct sentence: Direct: "I do my work daily," he said.

17To respect the sequence of tenses (concordance des temps) between direct and indirect speech .....

18Instructions: Change the following direct speech into reported speech. "He said, 'I have lost my keys.'"

19Change to Reported Speech (Indirect Speech) "I am writing letters" he said.

20Jason said, "I am writing a letter now."

21Convert to indirect: She said, 'I am happy.'

22Mary asked me where I ..... from. A. came B. coming C. to come D. come

23She said she ..... to the doctor.

24They (be) ..... rather offended if I (not go) ..... to see them.

25If we convert direct speech into indirect speech, then Past Simple changes to .....

26I found a lot of mistakes in your plan. Mai said to Hung

27"I've always wanted to see the Great Wall of China, " Joe said.

28He said he was on the verge of crying when he saw what was about to happen.

29The guest told the host that .....

30"I ate a bowl of noodles last night," Mary told her mother.

31Direct: She said, "I am studying now."Indirect: She said that she ..... studying then.

32'I'm only seventeen.' He said he ......

33Change direct speech into reported speech "I hadn't travelled by underground before I came to Tokyo" .She said .....

34He said: "I visited New York last week."He said he ..... New York the week before.

35Direct speech: "I have finished my homework," he said.Indirect speech:

36She said, "She had seen the movie".

37A:-I used to do a lot more sport when I was younger. B:-So ..... I.

38"I don't like garlic".He told me that he ..... garlic.

39What is the indirect speech for 'They said, "We didn't go to the party."'?

40"She can speak five languages," he said.

41"How often do you come here?" she asked.

42Change the direct speech 'I will help you with your project' into indirect speech.

43Chrisna says: "I have studied for my exam"

44She said, "I finished the book."

45Mick said that he ..... to be an astronaut.

46Which hat did you ..... last night?

47She said, "I'll go shopping."

48Anna said, "I did my homework yesterday."$\rightarrow$ Anna said that she ..... her homework the day before.

49Amr told me his brother ..... abroad the next day.

50You assured us that ..... no delays.

51Put the sentence into indirect speech.He said "My brother went to our house to help us."

52Change the tense: "I will go to the gym tomorrow." said Jamal

53Barbara said, "I saw them at my parents' house last year."

54REPORTED SPEECH-Choose the correct option"I am looking for my keys" She said that she ..... her keys

55"You are too slow." My sister complained to me. "Forty minutes ..... too long for you to shower."

56Indirect speech is ' I will go to school tomorrow"

57DAVID "WE AREN'T PLAYING FOOTBALL" DAVID TOLD ME THAT .....

58Andrew told me that they ..... to that bar two days .....

59Change the following indirect speech into direct speech: He told me that he had finished his homework.

60"Pratom 6 students are the best!"Miss Alyson said .....

61"I want the chocolate now"-Suzy said she ..... the chocolate .....