"I don't like coffee" - He said he ............. coffee, doesn't like, didn't like, don't like, "What time will you come?" - He asked me what time ..........., will come, would I come, I would come, "Have you ever been to the USA?" - He asked me ........ to the USA, if I have ever been, if I ever went, if I had ever been, "I'm going ice skating on Friday." - She said she ..........., was going ice skating on Friday., were going ice skating on Friday., is going ice skating on Friday., "I will phone you as soon as I arrive." - She said she .............., will phone as soon as she arrives, would phone as soon as she arrived., would phone as soon as she arrives., "Can you play tennis?" - He asked me ......., if I could play tennis., to play tennis., if I can play tennis., "I bought a new coat from Zara" - He said he........, bought a new coat from Zara., was buying a new coat from Zara., 'd bought a new coat from Zara., Paul to Mary : "I will help you" - He said he .........., will help her, would help him, would help her, "Please do your homework" - She asked ...., her children do their homework, her children to do their homework, that her children they do their homework, "Don't shout like that!" - She asked ......., her children not to shout like that, her children don't shout like that, her children shouldn't shout like that, "I haven't got any pets." - He said ...., he doesn't have any pets, he hadn't got any pets., he didn't have any pets.

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