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Bought Car Dexter Recently Perfect Reported Change Present

Task "Dexter said: ""I've bought a new car recently""."
Answer 1
a Dexter said that he had bought a new car recently.
b Dexter said that he bought a new car recently.
c Dexter said that he has bought a new car recently.
d Dexter said that he would have bought a new car recently.
comment We change the Present Perfect to the Past Perfect in Reported Speech.
topic reported speech
level 1

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