[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"grammar-exercise-019d4d35-a88c-7360-99d1-7419443e5b4b":3,"grammar-exercise-lesson-019ba80b-0997-7e31-aec6-b14a79efe69e":237},["Reactive",4],{"id":5,"grammarPage":6,"title":7,"instructions":8,"displayOrder":9,"questions":10},"019d4d35-a88c-7360-99d1-7419443e5b4b","\u002Fapi\u002Fgrammar_pages\u002F019ba80b-0997-7e31-aec6-b14a79efe69e","Title: Reported Speech - Workplace Communication","This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown. Some sentences may have more than one blank, so make sure you complete all of them.",1,[11,33,51,69,88,107,126,145,164,182,201,218],{"id":12,"sentenceTemplate":13,"displayOrder":14,"explanation":15,"exampleSentence":16,"blanks":17},"019d4d36-a70e-7e3e-8cb7-d6fb023c0ca1","The manager told us yesterday that the meeting __1__ at 3 p.m. the following day.",0,"Use \"would start\" because \"will\" backshifts to \"would\" in reported speech when the reporting verb is in the past tense.","She said that the project would finish by Friday.",[18],{"id":19,"blankNumber":9,"options":20},"019d4d36-a70c-72d2-8a11-33f18a27b0d3",[21,25,29],{"id":22,"optionText":23,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70b-7e7a-bca2-620215f1698f","will start",false,{"id":26,"optionText":27,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70b-7f16-bca2-62021624ebfc","would start",true,{"id":30,"optionText":31,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70b-7f76-bca2-620216a45257","starts",2,{"id":34,"sentenceTemplate":35,"displayOrder":9,"explanation":36,"exampleSentence":37,"blanks":38},"019d4d36-a70f-70fa-b9e9-ecfed4db315a","My colleague asked me __1__ help her with the presentation.","Use \"if I could\" because \"if\" introduces a reported yes\u002Fno question and \"can\" backshifts to \"could\" when the reporting verb is in the past tense.","The supervisor asked if we could attend the training session.",[39],{"id":40,"blankNumber":9,"options":41},"019d4d36-a70f-7002-b9e9-ecfed2bcb36c",[42,45,48],{"id":43,"optionText":44,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70e-7f16-8cb7-d6fb02a507ea","that I could",{"id":46,"optionText":47,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70e-7f52-8cb7-d6fb0357c9e1","if I could",{"id":49,"optionText":50,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70e-7f7e-8cb7-d6fb039b2c98","if I will",{"id":52,"sentenceTemplate":53,"displayOrder":32,"explanation":54,"exampleSentence":55,"blanks":56},"019d4d36-a70f-71fa-b9e9-ecfed6a92a2e","The HR director advised us __1__ our timesheets by the end of the week.","Use \"to submit\" because \"advise\" is followed by object + to-infinitive when reporting advice in reported speech.","The team leader advised them to review the contract carefully.",[57],{"id":58,"blankNumber":9,"options":59},"019d4d36-a70f-71be-b9e9-ecfed6275bc1",[60,63,66],{"id":61,"optionText":62,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-715a-b9e9-ecfed57d76ed","submit",{"id":64,"optionText":65,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-717e-b9e9-ecfed5f0cb15","to submit",{"id":67,"optionText":68,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-719e-b9e9-ecfed5f4dedf","submitting",{"id":70,"sentenceTemplate":71,"displayOrder":72,"explanation":73,"exampleSentence":74,"blanks":75},"019d4d36-a70f-72da-b9e9-ecfed83b88db","The CEO said last month that the company __1__ a new office in Singapore the previous year.",3,"Use \"had opened\" because past simple backshifts to past perfect in reported speech to show that the action happened before another past event.","She mentioned that they had hired three new employees the month before.",[76],{"id":77,"blankNumber":9,"options":78},"019d4d36-a70f-72a2-b9e9-ecfed7ab1e19",[79,82,85],{"id":80,"optionText":81,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-7242-b9e9-ecfed6c8e40e","has opened",{"id":83,"optionText":84,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-7266-b9e9-ecfed72a56ed","opened",{"id":86,"optionText":87,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-7286-b9e9-ecfed7666fcf","had opened",{"id":89,"sentenceTemplate":90,"displayOrder":91,"explanation":92,"exampleSentence":93,"blanks":94},"019d4d36-a70f-73ea-b9e9-ecfed9ef03bf","My supervisor asked me __1__ I had finished the report.",4,"Use \"whether\" because it introduces a reported yes\u002Fno question and is used as an alternative to \"if\" in reported speech.","The client asked whether we could deliver the goods by Tuesday.",[95],{"id":96,"blankNumber":9,"options":97},"019d4d36-a70f-73b2-b9e9-ecfed93f0bbb",[98,101,104],{"id":99,"optionText":100,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-731e-b9e9-ecfed8404a5b","whether",{"id":102,"optionText":103,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-7342-b9e9-ecfed8e3a309","that",{"id":105,"optionText":106,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-7392-b9e9-ecfed9183f35","what",{"id":108,"sentenceTemplate":109,"displayOrder":110,"explanation":111,"exampleSentence":112,"blanks":113},"019d4d36-a70f-7692-b9e9-ecfee010f583","The finance manager suggested __1__ a budget meeting the next week.",6,"Use \"holding\" because \"suggest\" is followed by a gerund (-ing form) when reporting suggestions in reported speech.","He suggested postponing the deadline until the following month.",[114],{"id":115,"blankNumber":9,"options":116},"019d4d36-a70f-764a-b9e9-ecfedf94a66e",[117,120,123],{"id":118,"optionText":119,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-75d2-b9e9-ecfedeac5d31","to hold",{"id":121,"optionText":122,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-75f6-b9e9-ecfeded34ebc","holding",{"id":124,"optionText":125,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-7622-b9e9-ecfedf7e256e","hold",{"id":127,"sentenceTemplate":128,"displayOrder":129,"explanation":130,"exampleSentence":131,"blanks":132},"019d4d36-a70f-792e-b9e9-ecfee7f4394b","My boss said that I __1__ leave early that day if I finished my tasks.",8,"Use \"could\" because \"can\" backshifts to \"could\" in reported speech when the reporting verb is in the past tense.","He told me I could take a break after completing the audit.",[133],{"id":134,"blankNumber":9,"options":135},"019d4d36-a70f-78f6-b9e9-ecfee79a9684",[136,139,142],{"id":137,"optionText":138,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-7896-b9e9-ecfee57dbd37","can",{"id":140,"optionText":141,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-78ba-b9e9-ecfee65f9a9e","could",{"id":143,"optionText":144,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-78da-b9e9-ecfee6dbbc91","may",{"id":146,"sentenceTemplate":147,"displayOrder":148,"explanation":149,"exampleSentence":150,"blanks":151},"019d4d36-a70f-7a06-b9e9-ecfee9d1a0aa","The IT specialist told me __1__ my password immediately.",9,"Use \"to change\" because \"tell\" is followed by object + to-infinitive when reporting commands or instructions.","The manager told us to update the client database.",[152],{"id":153,"blankNumber":9,"options":154},"019d4d36-a70f-79ce-b9e9-ecfee9178eeb",[155,158,161],{"id":156,"optionText":157,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-7972-b9e9-ecfee82e62cb","change",{"id":159,"optionText":160,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-7996-b9e9-ecfee88a252f","changing",{"id":162,"optionText":163,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-79b2-b9e9-ecfee8dd3396","to change",{"id":165,"sentenceTemplate":166,"displayOrder":167,"explanation":168,"exampleSentence":169,"blanks":170},"019d4d36-a70f-7ade-b9e9-ecfeeb968f9e","The sales director asked __1__ the quarterly targets had been met.",10,"Use \"if\" because it introduces a reported yes\u002Fno question in reported speech.","She asked if the invoices had been sent to the clients.",[171],{"id":172,"blankNumber":9,"options":173},"019d4d36-a70f-7aaa-b9e9-ecfeeb5821a2",[174,177,179],{"id":175,"optionText":176,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-7a4a-b9e9-ecfeea500d5c","if",{"id":178,"optionText":103,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-7a6e-b9e9-ecfeeaae77e5",{"id":180,"optionText":181,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-7a8a-b9e9-ecfeeb4c1eaf","why",{"id":183,"sentenceTemplate":184,"displayOrder":185,"explanation":186,"exampleSentence":187,"blanks":188},"019d4d36-a70f-7bc2-b9e9-ecfeef0ea7d9","The consultant said that the project __1__ more time than they had originally estimated.",11,"Use \"would require\" because \"will\" backshifts to \"would\" in reported speech when the reporting verb is in the past tense.","He mentioned that the training would take three days instead of two.",[189],{"id":190,"blankNumber":9,"options":191},"019d4d36-a70f-7b8a-b9e9-ecfeee13f497",[192,195,198],{"id":193,"optionText":194,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-7b1e-b9e9-ecfeec621218","will require",{"id":196,"optionText":197,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-7b4e-b9e9-ecfeed5aa5d3","would require",{"id":199,"optionText":200,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-7b6a-b9e9-ecfeed922276","requires",{"id":202,"sentenceTemplate":203,"displayOrder":204,"explanation":205,"exampleSentence":206,"blanks":207},"019d4d36-a70f-7c96-b9e9-ecfef1b12d4e","The accountant asked me __1__ I wanted the financial statement sent.",12,"Use \"when\" because it introduces a reported wh-question about time in reported speech.","My colleague asked when I needed the documents prepared.",[208],{"id":209,"blankNumber":9,"options":210},"019d4d36-a70f-7c5e-b9e9-ecfef0f7c580",[211,214,216],{"id":212,"optionText":213,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-7c02-b9e9-ecfeef989d9e","when",{"id":215,"optionText":103,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-7c26-b9e9-ecfeeffcbdb4",{"id":217,"optionText":176,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-7c42-b9e9-ecfef0a87e35",{"id":219,"sentenceTemplate":220,"displayOrder":221,"explanation":222,"exampleSentence":223,"blanks":224},"019d4d36-a70f-7e46-b9e9-ecfef738a12b","My coworker mentioned that she __1__ working on the proposal since the beginning of the month.",14,"Use \"had been\" because present perfect continuous backshifts to past perfect continuous in reported speech.","He said he had been attending meetings all week.",[225],{"id":226,"blankNumber":9,"options":227},"019d4d36-a70f-7e12-b9e9-ecfef70d5f89",[228,231,234],{"id":229,"optionText":230,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":14},"019d4d36-a70f-7db6-b9e9-ecfef5bf798b","has been",{"id":232,"optionText":233,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d4d36-a70f-7dd6-b9e9-ecfef5f5f27d","had been",{"id":235,"optionText":236,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d4d36-a70f-7df6-b9e9-ecfef663427d","was",{"title":238,"slug":239,"language":240},"Reported Speech","reported-speech","en"]