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Tense changes

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Reported Speech: backshifting

Read the sentences below and fill in the missing words.

"I'm very tired," she said.
She said she was very tired.

"I'll see them soon," he said.
He said he see them soon.

"I'm going to the cinema," she said.
She said that she going to the cinema.

"I see the children quite often" he said.
He said he the children quite often.

"I'm having a bath," she said.
She said that she (2 words) a bath.

"I have already met their parents," he said.
He said he already met their parents.

"I have to go home to make dinner," he said.
He said that he (2 words) go home to make dinner.

"I must go home to make dinner," he said.
He said that he (2 words) go home to make dinner.

"I haven't been waiting long," she said.
She said she been long.

"I can drive," she said.
She said she drive.

"I'm trying to listen to the tape," he said.
He said he (2 words) to listen to the tape.

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