Question:
“John left here an hour ago,” said Jane.
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A.
Jane told me that John had left there an hour before. -
B.
Jane said John left there an hour before. -
C.
Jane said John to have left there an hour before. -
D.
Jane told me that John to leave there an hour before.
Reference explanation:
Correct answer: A
Knowledge: Indirect Sentences
Explain:
When the direct sentence is a declarative sentence, we use the following indirect sentence structure:
S + said (to somebody)/ told (somebody) + that + S + VU
– Change in tense: S + V.ed => S + had + Vpp
– Change of adverb: ago => before ; here => there
Jane told me that John left there an hour ago.
Sentences B, C, and D are grammatically incorrect.
Choose A
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