Exam - reported speech

In the following sentences do the tenses change or stay the same?

"I really like cooking."

John says that ________________

• The tense changes.

• The tense stays the same.

The tense changes or it stays the same?

John: "My mother has always watched sad films."

John tells me that _____________________

• the tense changes

• the tense stays the same

John: "We had never been more proud."

John said that _________________

• The tense stays the same.

• The tense changes.

John: "She will come back soon."

John said that __________________

• The tense stays the same.

• The tense changes.

John: "We are working on a project."

John said that ___________________

• The tense stays the same.

• The tense changes.

Which forms can change in reported speech, and which not? Divide them into correct categories.

Groups:

(a) Change

,

(b) Stay the same

• will

• plays

• had been raining

• am working

• have gone

• would

• had become

• should

• am going to win

• must

• can

Choose the correct option:

1. Mr Brown said, "I was watching TV last night."
Mr Brown said (that)_______________

• he had been watching TV the previous night

• he was watching TV last night

• he had been watching TV last night

• he watched TV the previous night

Benjamin, "I often have a big hamburger."
Benjamin says (that) ____________________

• he often had a big hamburger

• he often has a big hamburger

• he had often had a big hamburger

• he often have a big hamburger

The Clarks told us, "We drove right down to Athens last summer."
The Clarks told us (that)___________

• we had driven right down to Athens the previous summer

• they drove right down to Athens last summer

• they had driven right down to Athens the previous summer

• they were driving right down to Athens last summer

James: "This could be us."

James says that ________________

• that could have been them

• that could be them

• this could be us

• this could have been us