Fill in the blanks.
1. 'She is my best friend,' he said. He said that she ............................. his best friend.
Correct!
Wrong!
Simple present tense in the direct speech becomes simple past tense in the indirect speech.
2. 'She is waiting for us,' he said. /He said that she ............................... for them.
Correct!
Wrong!
Present continuous in the direct speech becomes past continuous in the indirect speech.
3. 'I have visited all the continents,' he said. / He said that he ............................. all the continents.
Correct!
Wrong!
Present perfect in the direct speech becomes past perfect tense in the indirect speech.
4. 'She has been living alone for years,' he said. / He said that she ............................... alone for years.
Correct!
Wrong!
Present perfect continuous in the direct speech becomes past perfect continuous in the indirect speech.
5. 'She will help us,' he said. / He said that she .............................. help them.
Correct!
Wrong!
Will becomes would in the indirect speech.
6. 'I want to go,' he said. He said that he .................................. to go.
Correct!
Wrong!
Simple present tense in the direct speech becomes simple past tense in the indirect speech.
7. 'I don't want to go,' she said. / She said that she .............................. to go.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. 'I have watched that movie,' he said. / He said that he .................................... that movie.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. 'She must leave now,' he said. / He said that she ............................... leave then.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. I can't help you,' he said. / He said that he ................................. help me.
Correct!
Wrong!
Can becomes could.
11. 'They will have gone,' he said. / He said that they .................................
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Wrong!
12. 'I am busy,' he shouted. / He shouted that he ...................................... busy.
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Wrong!
Answers
- ‘She is my best friend,’ he said. He said that she was his best friend.
- ‘She is waiting for us,’ he said. /He said that she was waiting for them.
- ‘I have visited all the continents,’ he said. / He said that he had visited all the continents.
- ‘She has been living alone for years,’ he said. / He said that she had been living alone for years.
- ‘She will help us,’ he said. / He said that she would help them.
- ‘I want to go,’ he said. He said that he wanted to go.
- ‘I don’t want to go,’ she said. / She said that she didn’t want to go.
- ‘I have watched that movie,’ he said. / He said that he had watched that movie.
- ‘She must leave now,’ he said. / He said that she had to / must leave then.
- I can’t help you,’ he said. / He said that he couldn’t help me.
- ‘They will have gone,’ he said. / He said that they would have gone.
- ‘I am busy,’ he shouted. / He shouted that he was busy.
