REPORTED SPEECH ( STATEMENTS)
* PRODUCTION:
- Task 1: Choose the best option among A,B,C or D that report correctly the following direct statements. [Backshift of tenses in Reported speech]
- Sherri and Dan: “We enjoy the concert.”
Sherri and Dan told us _______________. - they enjoyed the concert
- they can be enjoy the concert
- that they enjoying the concert
- that enjoyed the concert
- Peter: "The weather is warmer than usual."
Byron: Peter said _______________.- the weather was warmer than usual
- that the weather warmer than usual
- the weather it is warmer than usual
- the weather be warmer than usual
- Tom: “I have missed the bus, but I’ll catch the next one.”
Tom said _______________.- he had missed the bus, but he will catch the next one
- he has missed the bus but he was catching the next time
- he has missed the bus but he can caught the next one
- he had missed the bus, but he would catch the next one
- Travel agent: “I think the train will be on time.”
The travel agent said _______________.- that she thinks will be the train on time
- that she thought the train would going to be on time
- that she thought the train would be on time
- that she thinks the train to be on time
- Byron: “I don’t know what Dan said.”
Byron said _______________.- that he didn't know what Dan said
- that he didn't know what Dad had said
- that he didn't know what Dan did said
- that he doesn’t know what Dan had said
- Greg: “I know what the assignment is.”
Greg said _______________.- that he knows what was the assignment
- that he knew what the assignment was
- that he knows what is the assignment
- that he knew what was to be the assignment
- Byron: “I can’t swim.”
Byron said _______________.- he can not swim
- he had not swim
- he could swim
- he couldn't swim
- Ruby: “I go to school every day.”
Ruby said _______________.- that she went to school every day
- that she goes to school every day
- that she was going to school every day
- that she had gone to school every day
- Task 2: Choose the best option among A,B,C or D that report correctly the following direct statements. [ Backshift of tenses+ personal pronouns in Reported speech ]
- Julia: "I will have to borrow your pencil."
Julia said to me _______________. - that I will have to borrow your pencil
- that she would have to borrow your pencil
- that she will have to borrow her pencil
- that she would have to borrow my pencil
- Hung: "My father is Vietnamese."
Hung told me _______________. - that his father is Vietnamese
- that his father was Vietnamese
- that my father was Vietnamese
- that my father is Vietnamese
- Lan: "I like my cat."
Lan told me _______________. - that she liked her cat
- that I liked her cat
- that I liked my cat
- that she liked my cat
- Mai and Lan: "We love our garden very much."
Mai and Lan told me _______________. - that we love our garden very much
- that they love their garden very much
- that they loved their garden very much
- that we love their garden very much
- Grandmother: "I want you to bring me a cup of my tea."
Grandmother told me _______________. - that she wanted you to bring her a cup of her tea
- that she wanted me to bring her a cup of her tea
- that she wanted me to bring me a cup of my tea
- that I wanted you to bring her a cup of her tea
- Task 3 : Choose the best option among A,B,C or D that report correctly the following direct statements. [ Backshift of tenses + pronouns + expressions of time in Reported speech ]
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- They said, "This is our book."
They said _______________.