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Tense Backshift RulesSet 70

1Reported speech: They said that .....

2Instructions: Change the following direct speech into reported speech. "Aisha said, 'I have finished my homework.'"

3"I can't find anywhere to park."Luke told me

4'We'll send our thoughts to a computer one day.' She said we ..... our thoughts to a computer one day.

5What is the indirect speech of: "She has gone home," they said.

6Anna says, "I do my homework every day."$\rightarrow$ Anna says that she ..... her homework every day.

7Change this statement from direct speech to indirect speech.Direct speech: The reporter said, "Three people were injured during the typhoon." Indirect: The reporter said that three people ..... during the typhoon.

8Rahul said, "I have done my HW."

9My little brother said, "I am studying."

10David: "I have never tried sushi."Emily: "David said (that) he ..... tried sushi."

11"I haven't seen Ploy"He told me that he ..... Ploy.

12"Mark found a new job" -they say.They say that .....

13Convert to direct speech: She said that she would help us.

14Change this to indirect speech. "I have already eaten," Sumayyah said.

15Lissa promised that she ..... late.

16"I've written three pages of the report."-> He said that he three pages of the report.

17"They've never been to Paris," he said. He said they .....

18Marie told Tom "my father warned me last night"

19Anu says, "We live in the heart of the city."

20She said he had had some work to complete.

21The price of petrol went up only a few days after the official denial that ..... an increase in the price of petrol.

22"They are playing," he said.

23They said, "We play football every day."

24She said to her mother that she will take an exam the next month.

25Mum said: " I'm angry with you"Mum said that ..... angry with me.

26They said they ..... a new computer. (to get)

27Dad said to Pankaj, "I will not give you pocket money."

28"Who is your favourite singer?", asked Mar.

29I write short stories.

30Mary said, "I have finished my homework." $\rightarrow$ Mary said ..... A. she had finished her homework. B. she has finished her homework. C. she finished her homework. D. she was finishing her homework.

31"She knows everything about this topic."I told him that she ..... everything about that topic.

32They said: "We passed our driving test."

33The boy said "I didn't break your watch"

34Reports text is the same the descritive text?

35Rewrite the following sentence in reported speech.Peter said, 'The film is very good.'

36They told their parents that they ..... their best to do the test

37I feel stressed,

38He said that he ..... the bill.

39She said I ..... an angel.

40"They were running around the table".

41A. He said that he is going to the market.

42Tom said, "I will call you later and send an email."

43Harry and Mark went (to see) what (to happen).

44Present Perfect in Indirect speech

45They said, "We will come to your house." what did they say?

46Karen told me, " I didn't take your book, it was Anna."Karen told me that .....

47Direct: "I am going to the park," she said.Indirect: She said that she ..... going to the park.

48What is the present continuous tense of 'I am reading' in indirect speech?

49The teacher said, "The class is quiet." Choose the correct indirect speech.

50What did Hari said modestly

51Mansi said to Manav, "I purchased a couple of books for you yesterday."

52Tania told me she ..... a film that evening.

53Lisa said that she would be travelling the following day.

54"I have a present for you", mum told me. Mum told me that .....

55Completamiento (Grammar) How do these tenses change in reported speech?will .....

56'What were early humans like?'

57Which speech normally talks about the past?

58Robert: "Dad, I'm going to learn how to drive."

59He explained that the Earth ..... around the Sun.

60Direct Speech: "It's snowing now," she said.Indirect Speech: .....

61The lights went out .....