Read the direct speech: "I am reading a book now," Tom said. Choose the correct sentence(s) in Reported Speech.
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Верный ответ
- CTom said that he was reading a book then.
- DTom said he was reading a book at that time.
Разбор
In Reported Speech after the reporting verb said (Past Simple), the tenses shift back: Present Continuous (am reading) becomes Past Continuous (was reading). The pronoun I becomes he, and now becomes then or at that time. "Tom said that he was reading a book then" and "Tom said he was reading a book at that time" follow all these rules. "Tom said that he was reading a book now" keeps now. "Tom said that I was reading a book then" has the wrong pronoun. "Tom said that he had read a book then" uses Past Perfect instead of Past Continuous. "Tom said that he reads a book at that moment" does not shift the tense and changes its meaning.