EXERCISE
* Report the following sentences carefully.
1. He said to them, “The Bible is a holy book.”
2. He said to them, “I read the Bible everyday.”
3. He said to them, “I am reading the Bible now.”
4. He said to them, “I have read the Bible recently.”
5. He said to them, “I have been reading the Bible since 2009.”
6. He said to them, “I read the Bible in my childhood.”
7. He said to them, “I was reading the Bible at 6 p.m. yesterday.”
8. He said to them, “I had read the Bible and went out for a walk last week.”
9. He said to them, “I had been reading the Bible during my school days.”
10. He said to them, “I will read the Bible tomorrow.”
11. He said to them, “I shall read the Bible tomorrow.”
12. He said to them, “I will be reading the Bible in my journey tomorrow.”
13. He said to them, “I will have read the Bible by this time tomorrow.”
14. He said to them, “I will have been reading the Bible during my post-retirement.”
15. He said to them, “Let us read the Bible everyday.”
16. He said to them, “I must read the Bible.”
17. He said to them, “Do you read the Bible?”
18. He said to them, “When will you read the Bible?
19. He said to them, “How do you read the Bible?”
20. He said to them, “Read the Bible.”
21. He said to them, “Please read the Bible.”
22. He said to them, “Don’t read anything except the Bible.”
23. He said to them, “What a reading of the Bible!”
24. He said to them, “Let it take its own time, I shall read the Bible.”
25. He says to them, “I read the Bible for salvation.”
26. He said to them, “I must read the Bible now.”
27. He said to them, “I need not read the Bible.”
28. He said to them, “I must read the Bible next week.”
29. He said to them, “You must not read the Bible at odd times.”
30. He said to them, “Yes, I have read the Bible wholeheartedly.”
ANSWERS :
1. He told them that the Bible is a holy book.
2. He told them that he read the Bible everyday.
3. He told them that he was reading the Bible then.
4. He told them that he had read the Bible recently.
5. He told them that he had been reading the Bible since 2009.
6. He told them that he had read the Bible in his childhood.
7. He told them that he had been reading the Bible at 6 p.m. the previous day.
8. He told them that he had read the Bible and went out for a walk the previous week.
9. He told them that he had been reading the Bible during his school days.
10. He told them that he would read the Bible the next day.
11. He told them that he would read the Bible the next day.
12. He told them that he would be reading the Bible in his journey the next day.
13. He told them that he would have read the Bible by that time the following day.
14. He told them that he would have been reading the Bible during his post-retirement.
15. He told them that they should read the Bible everyday.
16. He told them that he had to read the Bible.
17. He asked them if they read the Bible.
18. He asked them when they would read the Bible.
19. He asked them how they read the Bible.
20. He ordered/told them to read the Bible.
21. He requested them to read the Bible.
22. He advised them not to read anything except the Bible.
23. He exclaimed and said that it was a wonderful reading of the Bible.
24. He told them that he would read the Bible however long it might take time.
25. He says to them that he reads the Bible for salvation.
26. He told them that he had to read the Bible at once. / He told them that he was not to read the Bible then.
27. He told them that he did not have to read the Bible.
28. He told them that he would have to read the Bible the following week.
29. He told them that they must not read the Bible at odd times.
30. He confessed that he had read the Bible wholeheartedly.
