Ch 23 路 Lesson 24Spanish 路 Chapter 23 路 Lesson 24 路 Common mistake
dijo que es, or dijo que era?
Put the reporting verb in the past and the reported verb steps back with it.
The rule
When the reporting verb is past, the verb being reported usually shifts back a tense: becomes , present to imperfect. The present can stay when the thing is still true now ( ), but when the situation itself belongs to the past the shift is required, and that is the one English speakers miss.
Pick the right one
0/7Pick the right one: es or era.
Anoche dijo que muy tarde y se fue.
Dice que ahora muy tarde.
Me cont贸 que antes la casa blanca.
Sabe que dif铆cil, pero lo hace.
Pensaba que imposible.
Creo que hoy mejor no salir.
Nos explic贸 que en aquel momento no posible.
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