{"id":778,"date":"2026-03-19T15:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T15:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kursevikonverzacije.com\/blog\/exercise-indirect-speech-in-meetings-srednji\/"},"modified":"2026-03-26T20:30:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T20:30:56","slug":"exercise-indirect-speech-in-meetings-srednji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kursevikonverzacije.com\/blog\/exercise-indirect-speech-in-meetings-srednji\/","title":{"rendered":"Exercise: Indirect Speech in Meetings (srednji)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"exercise-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/kursevikonverzacije.com\/blog\/js\/exercise-engine.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\ndocument.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\n    renderExercise('#exercise-root', {\n    \"type\": \"fill_in_the_blank\",\n    \"title\": \"Fill in the Blanks: Indirect Speech in Meetings\",\n    \"subtitle\": \"intermediate level\",\n    \"items\": [\n        {\n            \"id\": \"1\",\n            \"sentence\": \"The manager said that the project ___ on schedule.\",\n            \"answer\": \"was\",\n            \"accepted\": [\"was\", \"is\"],\n            \"explanation\": \"In indirect speech, present tense often changes to past tense. 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