Common Idioms and Collocations

question 1 of 15 Grade: Eleven - G11
question 1 of 15 Grade: Eleven - G11

Q: Choose the correct collocation: 'She ______ a mistake in the report.'

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The correct answer is: 'He said that he had finished his homework.' Present perfect (have finished) changes to past perfect (had finished) in reported speech. Pronouns change (I → he, my → his). Example: Direct: 'I have seen that movie,' she said. Indirect: She said that she had seen that movie. Tense backshift is a key rule in reported speech, but if the information is still true, tense may not change in informal contexts.

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