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When we want to report what someone said, we can use...

When we want to report what someone said, we can use “direct speech” or “reported speech”.


Read this statement:


“Mr. Mason has gone out” the secretary told me.


The correct sentence that maintains the meaning of the situation above, in reported speech, is:


A

Itold the secretary that Mr. Mason was out.


B

The secretary told me that Mr. Mason had been out.


C

The secretary told me Mr. Mason was gone out.


D

The secretary said to me Mr. Mason is out.


E

The secretary told me that Mr. Mason had gone out.