Question

Change the narration she said "they were going "​

Answer 1

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She said that they had been going.

Extra Information :

If the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb in the reported speech must be changed into the corresponding past tense.

As we can see in the given answer, the past continuous tense is converted into the past perfect continuous tense.

Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

She said that they had been going.

Narration

• The given statement is in the direct speech. Direct speech refers to the statement spoken directly by the speaker.

• The subordinate clause is in the past continuous tense. Thus, it will change to past perfect continuous tense in the indirect speech.

• The past perfect continuous tense of 'going' is 'had been going.'

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