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topic:
REPORTED SPEECH (indirect) 3
| level:
Intermediate
REMEMBER
: With reported speech, the pattern is the following:
1.
simple present
becomes
simple past
2.
future tenses
become
conditional
3.
present continuous
becomes
past continuous
4.
present perfect
becomes
past perfect
5.
commands
(ex. come!) become
infinitive
(ex. to come)
Choose the
best
(most grammatically correct) response:
1.
"My grandfather is going to cook dinner for us"
.
She told me that her grandfather ________ dinner for us.
would cook
would be cooking
cook
2.
"I loved him very much"
.
My sister told me that she ________ him very much.
was loving
loved
would love
3.
"Marta is learning Vietnamese"
.
He told me that Marta ________ Vietnamese.
will learn
learns
was learning
4.
"Yeah, I've been to Greece."
.
My friend told me that he ________ to Greece.
been
had been
was
5.
"I'll talk to the general about this"
.
The colonel said that he ________ to the general about this.
would talk
will talk
talked
6.
"Tell me your name"
.
She asked me ________ her my name.
tell
to tell
told
7.
"I run a successful design studio"
.
Victor told the man that he ________ a successful design studio.
running
was running
ran
8.
"I am a good dancer"
.
She told me that she ________ a good dancer.
is
was
will be
9.
"I have been to that bar."
.
He told me that he ________ to that bar.
had been
will have been
is being
10.
"I am writing an email to my girlfriend."
He told me that he ________ an email to his girlfriend.
is writing
was writing
writes
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