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0 Change this to indirect speech.02br
001. He said,"Wait there till I return."02br
00Ans. He requested to wait there till he returned.02br
00Am I wrong??02br
00Fill the blank with the correct tense of the words in bracket.02br
001. John 01i00_______02i00 this morning, but now he is working hard. (rest)02br
00My answer: "had rest" 02br
00Friend's answer : "rested"02br
00I know I might be wrong but can you please give your opinion so that I can learn the correct thing. Please answer them! Thanx in advance0-
  

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01-- 01i00He told me to wait there until he returned.02i02br
002-- 01i00John was/had been resting this morning, but now he is working hard02i00.0-
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0Hello, Mr. Micawber!02br
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00Is it really possible to say, 01i00"John 01u00had been resting02u00 this morning, but now he is working hard"02i00? 02br
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00I would say one of these:02br
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    1. 00John was resting this morning, but now he is working hard.
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0You're absolutely right about the past perfect, Ruslana-- I must have had a lapse of grammatical acumen.0-
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0Did I talk about the Past Perfect? Now I am really puzzled. Or do you mean the Past Perfect Continuous? 02br
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00Good gracious! I myself have made a mistake! 01blockquote
01cite10Ruslana12cite10...Can the 11font10Present12font10 Perfect Continuous be used there indeed?..12blockquo
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0I was just abbreviating for 'past perfect continuous', Ruslana. I knew what you meant, and I agree with your assessment.0-
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0Now I see, thanks. 05000 I had the thought that you meant the Past Perfect Continuous, but I was not sure.010id1
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