Question

Sobre o reported speech que opção melhor completa a frase a seguir?
Mary: "I went skiing "
Jill: "Mary said (that) she ____skiing"
a) went
b) had gone
c) have gone
d) will go
e) has gone

Answer 1

Hey there!

Mary said she WENT skiing.

A) Went.

Hope this helped you! Merry Christmas!

Answer 2

Mary said that she had gone skiing.

In the reported speech, you have to backshift the tense. So as in the direct speech the verb was in the simple past, you need to backshift to the past perfect in the reported speech.