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The document contains a reported speech exercise with 10 multiple choice questions. Each question presents a direct quote and asks the learner to choose the correct reported speech version using backshift of tense and pronouns. The questions cover a variety of reported speech rules including backshifting of verbs from present to past tense when reporting something in the past.
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The document contains a reported speech exercise with 10 multiple choice questions. Each question presents a direct quote and asks the learner to choose the correct reported speech version using backshift of tense and pronouns. The questions cover a variety of reported speech rules including backshifting of verbs from present to past tense when reporting something in the past.
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Reported speech
Exercise 2. Choose the correct option. ________________________
"I wish you were with me."
Trevor said he wished ................................................................................................................................
a) I was with him b) I had been with him
"While I was having dinner, the phone rang."
He told me that ................................................................................................................. the phone rang.
a) while he was having dinner b) while he had been having dinner
"Fiona started her project when she had raised enough funds."
I knew that ........................................................................................ when she had raised enough funds.
a) Fiona started her project b) Fiona had started her project
"We used to work long hours."
She claimed that ...................................................................................................................... long hours.
a) they had used to work b) they used to work
"It is time we got up."
Sue suggested that it was time ...................................................................................................................
a) we had got up b) we got up
"You must be tired after work."
He said that .............................................................................................................................. after work.
a) I must be tired b) I had to be tired
"Sam may contact you."
My dad thought ..........................................................................................................................................
a) Sam may contact me b) Sam might contact me
"I'm enjoying my holiday."
Carmen says that ........................................................................................................................................
a) she is enjoying her holiday b) she was enjoying her holiday
"If I got a new job, I would move."
My friend was convinced that ...................................................................... a new job, he would move.
a) if he had got a new job b) if he got a new job
"I shall appreciate your support."
The manager informed us that ...................................................................................................................
a) he shall appreciate our support b) he would appreciate our support
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