Fill in the blanks.
1. He told me that he …………………………… such a lazy boy as I was.
A past tense in the direct speech will become past perfect in the indirect speech.
2. The boy told the girl that he ………………………………. her behavior.
A simple present in the direct speech will become simple past in the indirect speech.
3. The father told his son that he …………………………… him how to do it.
Will in the direct speech becomes would in the indirect speech.
4. My uncle told me that he …………………………….. me to cinema.
Will in the direct speech becomes would in the indirect speech.
5. He told me he …………………………….. to France.
A present continuous in the direct speech becomes past continuous in the indirect speech.
6. He told me that he …………………………………. the parcel the previous day.
A simple past tense in the direct speech will become past perfect in the indirect speech.
7. Mary told George that she …………………………… the book on his table the previous day.
A past tense in the direct speech will become past perfect in the indirect speech.
8. The manager told me that if I …………………………….. late again he would punish me.
A simple present in the direct speech becomes simple past in the indirect speech.
9. The father told his daughter that he ……………………………… not at all satisfied with her performance at school.
A simple present in the direct speech becomes simple past in the indirect speech.
10. He told me that he ……………………………… three snakes in the garden.
A simple past in the direct speech will become past perfect in the indirect speech.
11. I reminded him that his wife ………………………………… for him.
12. The man asked his servant where he …………………………… the previous day.
A simple past in the direct speech will become past perfect in the indirect speech.
Answers
- He told me that he had never seen such a lazy boy as I was.
- The boy told the girl that he didn’t like her behavior.
- The father told his son that he would show him how to do it.
- My uncle told me that he would take me to cinema.
- He told me he was moving to France.
- He told me that he had sent the parcel the previous day.
- Mary told George that she had seen the book on his table the previous day.
- The manager told me that if I came late again he would punish me.
- The father told his daughter that he was not at all satisfied with her performance at school.
- He told me that he had seen three snakes in the garden.
- I reminded him that his wife would be waiting for him.
- The man asked his servant where he had been the previous day.
