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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 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, “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 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, “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 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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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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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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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 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 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 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 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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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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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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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, “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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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, “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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