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Reported Speech (B2 level)

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    ...and she said that I said that he had said that we hadn't covered reported speech in class. But it wasn't true!
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  • What form does present simple take in reported speech?
    past simple
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  • What form does present continuous take in reported speech?
    past continuous
  •  5
  • What form does present perfect take in reported speech?
    past perfect
  •  5
  • What form does past simple take in reported speech?
    past perfect
  •  5
  • What form does "will" take in reported speech?
    would
  •  5
  • How do the following three modal verbs change in reported speech? can / may / must
    could / might / had to
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  • What are the two possible words that must be used in reported yes / no questions?
    if / whether
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  • How is "today" referred to in reported speech?
    that day
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  • How is "tomorrow" referred to in reported speech?
    the next / the following day
  •  5
  • How is "yesterday" referred to in reported speech?
    the day before / the previous day
  •  5
  • She said she ________ in the human resources department.
    She said she worked in the human resources department.
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  • He phoned to say that he ______________ a very late breakfast
    He phoned to say that he was having a very late breakfast
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  • He admitted that he _____________ anything adventurous or dangerous.
    He admitted that he had never done anything adventurous or dangerous.
  •  10
  • She suspected that she ________ food poisoning from the fish she _________ .
    She suspected that she had got food poisoning from the fish she had eaten.
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  • She promised that she _________ as soon as she _________ .
    She promised that she would ring as soon as she woke up .
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  • He told me that he _______ speak and understand Chinese but that he _______ write it.
    He told me that he could speak and understand Chinese but that he couldn't write it.
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