Collocations + passive voice

What happens to the tense of a sentence in
direct speech when it is reported?
(It goes back one tense into the past)
present simple
present continuous
present perfect
past simple
can / can’t
will / won’t

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Joel said (that) he might disable data roaming when he went abroad the following week.
Max said (that) Kelly had never had a mobile.
Freddy said (that) he hadn’t topped up his mobile since
the month before.
My mum said (that) I mustn’t let my battery run out.
Sally said (that) Liam had saved my number to his phone
book.
Tom said (that) that/this time the following week, he would be flying to Prague.

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was sleeping
couldn’t find
would help
hadn’t thought
had never been
might be
was going
had arrived
p 141

10.

told
said
told
said
say
said
said
said

11.

Tom said to Ryan (that) he would call him the following day.
Geoff told Gerard (that) they had gone to Paris the
month before.
Julia said to Miranda (that) she couldn’t come
to her house that day.
Quentin told Leah (that) he had texted Joanna an
hour earlier.
Emma said to Amy (that) they were all going out that
night.
Maisie said to Sarah (that) she wanted her to be there at two
o’clock that afternoon.

Collocations + passive voice

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