Ben said the following sentences to you yesterday in his office. Today, in a different place, you report them. Match each original sentence with its correct reported form.
1. "I'll meet you here tomorrow."
2. "Did you finish it last night?"
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Верный ответ
- 1BBen told me that he would meet me there today.
- 2CBen asked me if I had finished it the night before.
Разбор
Row 1: the sentence is a statement said yesterday and reported today in another place. The reporting verb is past, so "will" becomes "would". "I" becomes "he" and "you" becomes "me". "Here" becomes "there" because the place has changed. "Tomorrow" said yesterday means today, so "tomorrow" becomes "today". The correct form is "Ben told me that he would meet me there today." The option with "tomorrow" does not change the time, the option with "will ... here" does not shift the tense or place, and the option with "I would meet him" gets the pronouns wrong. Row 2: this is a yes/no question, so it is reported with "if" or "whether" and normal word order, with no inversion. Past simple shifts to past perfect, and "last night" becomes "the night before". The correct form is "Ben asked me if I had finished it the night before." The option with "have finished" keeps a present form, the option with "had I finished" keeps question inversion, and the option with "asked me that" uses the wrong linking word.