Multiple choice

Directions: Pick out the correct alternative that completes the sentence after the change of narration.

Nick said to me, “When did you buy this pen?” Nick asked me _________.

  1. when I was to buy that pen

  2. when I would buy that pen

  3. when I had bought that pen

  4. when I was buying that pen
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The tense of the sentence changes into 'past' because the reporting verb in direct voice (said) is in past tense. The word 'said' changes to 'asked' because the reporting speech is in interrogative form. Hence, option (3) is correct.

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