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Philip said, “I was playing football.” Change into indirect speech.

Philip said, “I was playing football.” Change into indirect speech.

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  1. Lucifer
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    Indirect Speech: Philip said that he had been playing football.

    Explanation: When the reporting verb is in the past (said) and the direct speech is in the past continuous tense, then the indirect (reported) speech will change into the past perfect continuous tense.

    Past Continuous Tense > Past Perfect Continuous Tense.

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