Reported Speech Grammar Exercise
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What is reported speech?

  • When we indirectly convey what someone else said (correct)
  • When we directly quote someone's words
  • When we summarize someone else's speech
  • When we change our own speech to match someone else's

    • In indirect speech, what is the term for the shift to a tense 'further back' in the past?

  • Backshift (correct)
  • Past conversion
  • Retrograde shift
  • Retro tense

    • How does the present simple tense change when backshifted in indirect speech?

  • It changes to past perfect simple
  • It changes to past simple (correct)
  • It remains the same
  • It changes to past continuous

    • What usually happens to the tense of past simple when backshifted in indirect speech?

    <p>It changes to past perfect simple</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does backshifting of tenses not always occur in indirect speech?

    <p>When the speaker's words are still true or relevant</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What usually happens to pronouns in indirect speech?

    <p>They usually change</p> Signup and view all the answers

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