Practice Questions

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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