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II. Choose the correct answer.

1. The workers said that robots (were/ are) replacing them on assembly lines.

2. They said they (might/ may) develop wireless systems on their hardware platform.

3. He said he'd been so busy (this/that) afternoon that he'd completely forgotten to call her

4. She said she had left all worries behind and devoted herself to the study of science some years (before/ ago).

5. He said that Emily was wearing a brown dress she'd bought the previous day/ yesterday)

6. My teacher said that Alexander Fleming (invents/invented) penicillin in 1928.

7. The secretary said I could leave a note on her desk whenever she wasn't (here/ there).

8. The reporter said that the government didn't have the answers to (these/ those) difficult questions

9. Julia said that she didn't like to stay at home and watch TV (today/ that day).

10. He said that the Internet signal could (then/ now) be transmitted by satellite.