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Practice Questions

She said, “I am studying.”

A. She said that she was studying.
B. She said that she is studying.
C. She said that she had been studying.
D. She said that she studied.

Present Continuous -> Past Continuous.

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He said, “I was working.”

A. He said that he had been working.
B. He said that he was working.
C. He said that he has been working.
D. He said that he worked.

Past Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous.

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She said, “I worked hard.”

A. She said that she had worked hard.
B. She said that she worked hard.
C. She said that she has worked hard.
D. She said that she was working hard.

Past Simple -> Past Perfect.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I have been working.”

A. He said that he had been working.
B. He said that he has been working.
C. He said that he worked.
D. He said that he was working.

Present Perfect Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous.

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She said, “I will win.”

A. She said that she would win.
B. She said that she will win.
C. She said that she should win.
D. She said that she won.

'Will' -> 'would'.

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He said, “I must study.”

A. He said that he had to study.
B. He said that he must study.
C. He said that he would have to study.
D. He said that he should study.

'Must' -> 'had to'.

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She said, “I have a book.”

A. She said that she had a book.
B. She said that she has a book.
C. She said that she had had a book.
D. She said that she was having a book.

Simple Present -> Simple Past.

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He said, “I can run.”

A. He said that he could run.
B. He said that he can run.
C. He said that he could have run.
D. He said that he ran.

'Can' -> 'could'.

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She said, “It is cold.”

A. She said that it was cold.
B. She said that it is cold.
C. She said that it had been cold.
D. She said that it became cold.

Simple Present -> Simple Past.

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He said, “I have time.”

A. He said that he had time.
B. He said that he has time.
C. He said that he had had time.
D. He said that he was having time.

Simple Present -> Simple Past.

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She said, “I can do it.”

A. She said that she could do it.
B. She said that she can do it.
C. She said that she could have done it.
D. She said that she did it.

'Can' -> 'could'.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I will go.”

A. He said that he would go.
B. He said that he will go.
C. He said that he would have gone.
D. He said that he should go.

'Will' -> 'would'.

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Jul 8, 2026

She said, “I am happy.”

A. She said that she was happy.
B. She said that she is happy.
C. She said that she had been happy.
D. She said that she was being happy.

Simple Present -> Simple Past.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I have been here.”

A. He said that he had been there.
B. He said that he has been here.
C. He said that he had been here.
D. He said that he was there.

'Have been' -> 'had been', 'here' -> 'there'.

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Jul 8, 2026

She said, “I want to go.”

A. She said that she wanted to go.
B. She said that she wants to go.
C. She said that she had wanted to go.
D. She said that she was wanting to go.

Present Simple -> Past Simple.

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He said, “I know the truth.”

A. He said that he knew the truth.
B. He said that he knows the truth.
C. He said that he had known the truth.
D. He said that he was knowing the truth.

Present Simple -> Past Simple.

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Jul 8, 2026

She said, “I had finished.”

A. She said that she had finished.
B. She said that she has finished.
C. She said that she finished.
D. She said that she was finished.

Past Perfect remains Past Perfect.

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She said, “I have been here before.”

A. She said that she had been there before.
B. She said that she has been here before.
C. She said that she had been here before.
D. She said that she was here before.

'Have been' -> 'had been', 'here' -> 'there'.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I bought a car.”

A. He said that he had bought a car.
B. He said that he bought a car.
C. He said that he has bought a car.
D. He said that he was buying a car.

Simple Past -> Past Perfect.

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