She said to her, "Did you go home last night?"
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Answer:
She said to her, "Did you go home last night?"
what we have to do
Explanation:
Tense changes in reported speech
Look at these examples of
reported speech and work out
what tense is being used in
the highlighted sections.
Now look at the direct
speech for each example.
What tenses are used?
Notice how the tenses
change from direct to
reported speech.
example direct speech reported speech
She said she had an appointment that day.
“I have an appointment today.”
Tom told me he was getting married the following June.
“I am getting married next June.”
Jayne said Adam had quit his job the week before.
“Adam quit his job last week.”
He told Laura that the team had been playing well at that time.
“The team has been playing well recently.”
Francesca said she had been there before.
“I have been there before.”
Diana told me she was going to visit her brother the following day.
“I am going to visit my brother tomorrow.”
Jim said that when he had arrived, Sarah had already left.
“When I arrived, Sarah had already left.”
past simple
past continuous
past perfect simple
past perfect continuous
past perfect simple
was/were going to
past perfect simple past perfect simple
am/is/are going to
present perfect simple
present perfect continuous
past simple
present continuous
present simple