Hi …
I need to know the answer of this exercise , I did it , but I want to revise it again and know my correct answers…
It consist from two parts : the first about tense and the second about Reported speech…
Thanks .
Herc
Put the verb in brackets in the correct tense .
Mane-Therese
Reported speech
Report what Mane-Therese said
a. She told me that she ……………………….many English people
b). She said that she…………………………… an exam.
C). She told me that her parents………………………… to stay with her
d). She said that she ………………………………. her parents for a long time
e) She told me that her parents………………………………English.
To be honest there would be little point in putting the correct forms in for you. More to the point - you put up the answers and then, if necessary, they can be corrected.
In reported speech sentence (e), I’m pretty sure you would also hear native speakers say “don’t speak”. But, for an English test, “didn’t speak” is better.
The first one : The action has happed in the past and it finished …so it’s past simple
The second : present perfect continuous , so the action started in the past and it doesn’t finish until now …
The third : the same situation in my first explaining …
The fourth :I don’t know !!!
the fifth : it’s a fact so they don’t speak English … but you should notice that : maybe they can learn it in future so i wrote it in present perfect …
Amy … your turn …could you give your explanation ?
The fourth one is present perfect because it means up to today it has been a long time since you have seen your parents. That’s why you’re so excited about their visit tomorrow.
The fifth one talks about a fact: They don’t speak English. Your idea about present perfect isn’t bad, but the requirement for that verb tense would be that they know English and simply have never spoken it yet.
