7. REPORTED SPEECH He said that he ………………………………… for ages. Past Perfect Continuous Present Perfect Continuous ‘ I have been waiting for ages’, My father said. He said that they………………………….. the Eiffel Tower. Past Perfect Present Perfect ‘ They’ve seen the Eiffel Tower’, John said. He said that Jackie………………………….. very well. Past Perfect Continuous Past Continuous ‘ Jackie wasn’t feeling very well’, The teacher said. He said that he …………………………….. his holiday in the States. Past Perfect Simple Past ‘ I enjoyed my holiday in the States’, David said. He said that John………………………..much better. Past Continuous Present Continuous ‘ John is feeling much better’, Paul said He said that he …………………………..quite a lot of people there. Simple Past Present Simple ‘ I know quite a lot people here ’, Robert said.
8. REPORTED SPEECH The teacher said that we …………..be quiet in class. Had to Must ‘ You must be quiet in class’, the teacher said My husband said that they………….come home Might May ‘ They may come home’, my husband said. David said that we ………………..start the lesson Could Can ‘ We can start the lesson’, David said Paul said that John…………….to study French. Was/were going to Be going to ‘ John is going to study French’, Paul said Robert promised that he ………..…… there with me. Conditional Present Future Simple ‘ I will be here with you’, Robert promised me She said that she………………………all day Past Perfect Continous Past Perfect Continuous ‘ She had been reading all day’, Brenda said He said that nobody……………………. About the storm. Past Perfect Past Perfect ‘ Nobody had warned them about the storm’, The politician said.
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