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Reported speech

lynn28
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Reported speech
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Hi!! I�m in doubt in regards to a sentence to be written in reported speech Can someone help me please....
The sentence is:
Direct quote: Allan said: " I didnt come to the party because I felt sick"
So in reported it would be???
Allan said he hadnt come to the party because he felt sick
Is that right??
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10 Dec 2009
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dwaikat
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Hi,
I think your sentence is fine! It is changed from past simple to past perfect which is correct
Hope it will help! |
10 Dec 2009
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falafel
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You have to change all the past verbs into the past perfect so your sentence would be: He said that he hadn �t come to the party because he had felt sick. I hope you are satisfied. |
10 Dec 2009
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corina2211
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I think that you could also say: Allan said he hadn �t come to the party because he had felt sick. |
10 Dec 2009
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