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Chapter 21: modal verbs

  21.3.3 Exercise 3: Reported speech II


Have a look at the following sentences and decide whether the reported action happened before, at the same time or after the point of narrative. If you are in doubt, check chapter 19.

Er sagt, er sei in der Schule gewesen.     
  before
  at the same time  
  after  
  Er sagte, er sei in der Schule.
  before
  at the same time  
  after  
  Er sagt, er würde in die Schule gehen.
  before
  at the same time  
  after  
  Er sagte, er habe es machen können.
  before
  at the same time  
  after  
  Er sagt, du seist nicht da gewesen.
  before  
  at the same time  
  after  
  Er sagt, du seist nicht da.
  before
  at the same time  
  after  
  Er sagt, du würdest es verlieren.
  before
  at the same time  
  after  
  Er sagt, sie hätten es verloren.
  before
  at the same time  
  after  
 
 
 

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