Reported Speech
Indirect Questions
Past Perfect
Past Perfect or Simple Past?
Used to
100

"I like sushi" she said.

She said...

She said she liked sushi.

100

Can you tell me
A)where you study?
B)where do you study?

A)where you study?

100

I ______ (visit) London before I went to NYC.

HAD VISITED

100

My best friend at school was Paul and he
A) was as tall as me.
B) had been as tall as me.

A) was as tall as me.

100

I visited my grandparents every weekend.

I used to visit my grandparents every weekend.

200

"I'm watching a movie" Mandy told me

Mandy told me...

Mandy told me she was watching a movie.

200

Can you tell me
A) you saw Karen?
B) if you saw karen?

B) if you saw karen?

200

She _______ (not be) home for hours when her mother arrived.

HADN'T BEEN

200

A) She had already set the table
B) She already set the table
when I finished cooking dinner.

A) She had already set the table

200

She didn't study much on Fridays at school.

She didn't use to study much on Fridays at school.

300

"I will help you tomorrow" Ben told Jen


Ben told Jen...

Ben told Jen he would help her the next day

300

Do you know
A) if she ate lunch?
B) if she eaten lunch?

A) if she ate lunch?

300

Andy ______ (meet) Nora way before they studied together at school.

HAD MET

300

I had studied there for years so
A) I knew most kids at that school.
B) I had known most kids at that school.

A) I knew most kids at that school.

300

He bought bubble gum every time he went to the grocery store.

He used to buy bubble gum every time he went to the grocery store.

400

"How often do you go to the beach?" she asked me


She asked me...

She asked me how often I went to the beach

400

Do you know if
A) there is a drugstore near here?
B) is there a drugstore near here?

A) there is a drugstore near here?

400

Gus _____ already _____ (do) all the dishes when Ana finished baking the cake.

HAD ALREADY DONE

400

I met her in my class and we soon
A) had becomed friends
B) became friends

B) became friends

400

Did you eat spaghetti every Sunday when you were a child?

Did you use to eat spaghetti every Sunday when you were a child?

500

"Do you live in that house?" She asked me


She asked me...

She asked me if I lived in that house

500

Would you mind telling me
A) what time the bus leaves?
B) what time does the bus leave?

A) what time the bus leaves?

500

____you_____ (see) any the strange activity before the robbery?

HAD YOU SEEN

500
A) There had been no signs of rain

B) There were no signs of rain
before the sky became dark and stormy that afternoon.

A) There had been no signs of rain

500

Did you enjoy playing video games as a child?

Did you use to enjoy playing video games as a child?

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