Reported Speech: Fill in the Blanks

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Lucia Vargas Valencia

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Fill in the Blanks Reported Speech: Fill in the BlanksOnline version Practice how to report speech by Lucia Vargas Valencia 1 When reporting what someone ____ , we often backshift the tense . She replied , 'I __ learning English , ' and he added , 'I ____ practice daily . ' In reported speech , the rules include pronoun changes and backshifting , so the present simple becomes past simple , and words like often become day depending on context . 2 In classroom puzzles , we teach students that turns direct quotes into . A teacher might say , 'I enjoy solving riddles , ' and later students restate it as He said he enjoyed solving riddles . Key steps include , adjusting , and choosing a . Practicing with short dialogues helps , because the listener can identify where the quotation ends and the paraphrase begins . When time expressions shift , yesterday becomes the previous day , which keeps the meaning intact while simplifying narration .