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my dad said to the immigration officer" this is my first visit to England.






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Answer 1

CORRECT QUESTION:

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My dad said to the immigration officer, "This is my first visit to England." My dad told the immigration officer that it ---------his first visit 'to ' England.

We are provided with incomplete sentences that require completion to make them grammatically complete sentences. The word used to make this sentence complete will be 'was.'

• The second sentence that is provided to us is the reported speech of the dialogue of the first sentence.
• When converting into the reported speech it becomes necessary to use the past tense.
• To use the past tense the verb that is provided in the sentence requires to be changed into its past form.
• The verb of the sentence that is provided in the first sentence is the word ' is.'
• This requires to be used in the past form which will be the word 'was.'
• Therefore the sentence will be completed as My dad told the immigration officer that it was his first visit to England.

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Answer 2

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Fill in the Blanks.

My dad said to the immigration officer, "This is my first visit to England." My dad told the immigration officer that it ---------his first visit 'to ' England.

Answers: My dad said to the immigration officer, "This is my first visit to England." My dad told the immigration officer that it was his first visit 'to ' England

Explanation

• The second sentence provided to us is the reported speech of the dialogue in the first sentence.
• Must use past tense when converting to rendered speech.
• To use the past tense, the verb specified in the sentence must be converted to the past tense.
• The sentence verb specified in the first sentence is the word ``is''.
• This should be used in the past tense and results in the word "was".
• The judgment was therefore completed as my father told the immigration officer that this was his first visit to England.

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