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She said, “I will go.”

A. She said that she would go.
B. She said that she will go.
C. She said that she would have gone.
D. She said that she should go.

'Will' -> 'would'.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I would like to help.”

A. He said that he would like to help.
B. He said that he will like to help.
C. He said that he liked to help.
D. He said that he would have liked to help.

'Would' does not backshift.

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Jul 8, 2026

The king said, “Let the prisoner go.”

A. The king ordered the prisoner to be set free.
B. The king ordered to let the prisoner go.
C. The king requested to let the prisoner go.
D. The king ordered that the prisoner go.

'Let' can often be converted to a passive infinitive structure or 'ordered that... should'.

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He said, “I must go now.”

A. He said that he had to go then.
B. He said that he must go now.
C. He said that he would have to go then.
D. He said that he must go then.

'Must' usually changes to 'had to'.

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She said, “If I were you, I would do it.”

A. She said that if she were me, she would do it.
B. She said that if she was me, she would do it.
C. She said that if she had been me, she would have done it.
D. She said that if she were you, she would do it.

Subjunctive 'were' usually remains, pronoun 'I' -> 'she'.

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He said, “Don’t touch this.”

A. He warned me not to touch that.
B. He said not to touch this.
C. He ordered me to don't touch that.
D. He warned me to not touch that.

Negative imperative uses 'not to'. 'This' -> 'that'.

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She said, “I have been reading this book.”

A. She said that she had been reading that book.
B. She said that she has been reading this book.
C. She said that she had been reading this book.
D. She said that she was reading that book.

Present Perfect Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I can swim.”

A. He said that he could swim.
B. He said that he can swim.
C. He said that he could have swum.
D. He said that he is able to swim.

'Can' -> 'could'.

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She said, “Alas! I am undone.”

A. She exclaimed with sorrow that she was undone.
B. She exclaimed with joy that she was undone.
C. She said that she was undone.
D. She exclaimed that she is undone.

'Alas' requires 'exclaimed with sorrow'.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I will have been working for 2 hours.”

A. He said that he would have been working for 2 hours.
B. He said that he will have been working for 2 hours.
C. He said that he would be working for 2 hours.
D. He said that he had been working for 2 hours.

Future Perfect Continuous -> 'would' form.

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Jul 8, 2026

She said, “I may come.”

A. She said that she might come.
B. She said that she may come.
C. She said that she might have come.
D. She said that she can come.

'May' -> 'might'.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I will have finished by then.”

A. He said that he would have finished by then.
B. He said that he will have finished by then.
C. He said that he would have finished by that time.
D. He said that he would finished by then.

'Will have' -> 'would have'.

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Jul 8, 2026

The girl said, “Hurrah! I have won.”

A. The girl exclaimed with joy that she had won.
B. The girl exclaimed that she has won.
C. The girl exclaimed with joy that she has won.
D. The girl said that she had won.

'Hurrah' requires 'exclaimed with joy'.

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He said, “Do you know him?”

A. He asked if I knew him.
B. He asked if I know him.
C. He asked if he knew him.
D. He asked whether I know him.

'Do you know' (Present) -> 'knew' (Past).

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She said, “I am not feeling well.”

A. She said that she was not feeling well.
B. She said that she is not feeling well.
C. She said that I was not feeling well.
D. She said that she had not been feeling well.

Present Continuous -> Past Continuous.

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Jul 8, 2026

He said, “I will do it now.”

A. He said that he would do it then.
B. He said that he will do it now.
C. He said that he would do it now.
D. He said that he will do it then.

'Will' -> 'would', 'now' -> 'then'.

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Jul 8, 2026

She said, “My father died last year.”

A. She said that her father had died the previous year.
B. She said that her father died last year.
C. She said that my father had died last year.
D. She said that her father has died the previous year.

Simple Past -> Past Perfect.

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Jul 8, 2026

The mother said, “Do not play in the rain.”

A. The mother forbade the child to play in the rain.
B. The mother told to not play in the rain.
C. The mother suggested not to play in the rain.
D. The mother told the child to not play in the rain.

'Forbade' is stronger and correct for negative imperatives without 'not to'.

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He said, “I shall go to London next week.”

A. He said that he should go to London next week.
B. He said that he would go to London the following week.
C. He said that he would go to London next week.
D. He said that he should go to London the following week.

'Shall' changes to 'would' (for future). 'Next week' -> 'the following week'.

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