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She said, “I am going to leave.”

A. She said that she was going to leave. ✓
B. She said that she is going to leave.
C. She said that she had been going to leave.
D. She said that she went to leave.

'Am going' -> 'was going'.

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He said, “I can play.”

A. He said that he could play. ✓
B. He said that he can play.
C. He said that he could have played.
D. He said that he played.

'Can' -> 'could'.

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She said, “It may rain.”

A. She said that it might rain. ✓
B. She said that it may rain.
C. She said that it might have rained.
D. She said that it rained.

'May' -> 'might'.

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He said, “I shall win.”

A. He said that he would win. ✓
B. He said that he should win.
C. He said that he will win.
D. He said that he won.

'Shall' -> 'would' (future).

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She said, “I have seen it.”

A. She said that she had seen it. ✓
B. She said that she has seen it.
C. She said that she saw it.
D. She said that she was seeing it.

Present Perfect -> Past Perfect.

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He said, “I am working.”

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

Present Continuous -> Past Continuous.

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She said, “I ought to go.”

A. She said that she ought to go. ✓
B. She said that she ought to have gone.
C. She said that she should go.
D. She said that she had to go.

'Ought to' does not backshift.

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He said, “I need to rest.”

A. He said that he needed to rest. ✓
B. He said that he needs to rest.
C. He said that he had to rest.
D. He said that he would need to rest.

'Need' -> 'needed'.

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She said, “It is raining.”

A. She said that it was raining. ✓
B. She said that it is raining.
C. She said that it has been raining.
D. She said that it rained.

Present Continuous -> Past Continuous.

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He said, “I have done it.”

A. He said that he had done it. ✓
B. He said that he has done it.
C. He said that he did it.
D. He said that he was doing it.

Present Perfect -> Past Perfect.

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She said, “I want to eat.”

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

Present Simple -> Past Simple.

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He said, “I am tired.”

A. He said that he was tired. ✓
B. He said that he is tired.
C. He said that he had been tired.
D. He said that he tired.

Present Simple -> Past Simple.

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She said, “I will finish tomorrow.”

A. She said that she would finish the next day. ✓
B. She said that she will finish tomorrow.
C. She said that she would finish tomorrow.
D. She said that she would have finished the next day.

'Will' -> 'would', 'tomorrow' -> 'next day'.

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He said, “They are coming.”

A. He said that they were coming. ✓
B. He said that they are coming.
C. He said that they had been coming.
D. He said that they came.

Present Continuous -> Past Continuous.

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He said, “I know her.”

A. He said that he knew her. ✓
B. He said that he knows her.
C. He said that he had known her.
D. He said that he knows me.

Simple Present -> Simple Past.

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She said, “I have completed the task.”

A. She said that she had completed the task. ✓
B. She said that she has completed the task.
C. She said that she completed the task.
D. She said that she was completed the task.

Present Perfect -> Past Perfect.

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He said, “I am writing.”

A. He said that he was writing. ✓
B. He said that he is writing.
C. He said that he had been writing.
D. He said that he wrote.

Present Continuous -> Past Continuous.

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She said, “I wrote a letter.”

A. She said that she had written a letter. ✓
B. She said that she wrote a letter.
C. She said that she has written a letter.
D. She said that she was writing a letter.

Simple Past -> Past Perfect.

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He said, “I have been waiting.”

A. He said that he had been waiting. ✓
B. He said that he has been waiting.
C. He said that he waited.
D. He said that he was waiting.

Present Perfect Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous.

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