Multiple choice

Directions: Convert the following into indirect speech.

Johnny said, “I played this game last week.”

  1. Johnny said that he had played that game the previous week.

  2. Johnny said that he played that game the previous week.

  3. Johnny said that he had played the game the previous week.

  4. Johnny said that he played that game last week.
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Explanation

The sentence in quotes is in simple past. The reporting verb is also in simple past. So the sentence in quotes changes into past perfect tense. The timing word 'last' changes into the previous in indirect sentence. The demonstrative adjective 'this' changes into 'that'.

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