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CORRECT IF IT'S NECESSARY
I've already said you a hundred times that you’re too late!
TOLD YOU/SAID TO
The surgeon reassured Mr Ellis. 'The operation has been a resounding success,’ said she.
she said
He told that his mobile phone had been out of action all day.
SAID/TOLD US
The manager told us last Friday evening that he wanted us in on time tomorrow morning to start the Saturday sale.
THE NEXT/FOLLOWING MORNING
‘I will remember 1st March 2000 as a great day for the nation!' The President announced ......................
HE WOULD REMEMBER 1st March 2000 as a great day for the nation!
The negotiator said he is working on the details of a tentative settlement.
WAS WORKING
The nurse asked when exactly had started the pain.
THE PAIN HAD STARTED
Several members of the Royal Family urged Edward VIII don't abdicate.
NOT TO
I've lost a contact lens so I can’t see a thing! Gary explained that___________
HE HAD LOST A CONTACT LENS SO HE COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING.
'Publication may be delayed by one week.’ The editor told us .................................
Publication MIGHT be delayed by one week./MAY BE
‘You must lose at least 20 kilos.' The doctor told me ................
I HAD TO LOSE AT LEAST.../MUST LOSE/ TO LOSE
‘Isn’t that stupid behaviour for a cyclist?’ The pedestrian complained ................
THAT IT WAS STUPID BEHAVIOR FOR A CYCLIST
"Can you help me carry these bags?" Lisa asked Ted.
Lisa asked Tom ____
Usa asked Ted if / whether he could help her carry the bags.
"I'll arrive home in half an hour," she said
She said ____
She said that she would arrive home in half an hour.
'You really must do at least four hours’ training a day.’
The trainer urged his team .............
TO DO AT LEAST FOUR HOURS...
'When do you want the sofa to be delivered?’ The shopkeeper asked my wife...................
WHEN SHE WANTED THE SOFA TO BE DELIVERED
Mary was fed up about her inability to complete the course. She told the lecturer I felt I couldn't complete it.
SHE FELT SHE
Even under great pressure O’Brien denied to have taken part in the attack.
TAKING PART/HAVING TAKEN PART
Janice hates the idea of growing old. She said yesterday that she wished she had still been young.
SHE WAS/WERE STILL YOUNG
'The Ming Dynasty lasted for almost 300 years.' The historian explained.................
HAD LASTED/LASTED
"I don't suppose you could lend me any money, could you?" he asked me.
He wondered if I could lend him any money.
"Ouch! " he said, as the nurse gave him the injection.
He ____
He cried out in pain as the nurse gave him the injection.
We asked the travel agent if or not there was a swimming pool at the villa.
WHETHER OR NOT/IF THERE WAS
"When you freeze water, you get ice," the Science teacher said. The Science teacher said....
The Science teacher said (that) when you freeze water, you get ice. The tenses do not change because it is a law of nature.
"He didn't steal the money, did he?" she said.
She____
She wondered if he had stolen the money.