alleryStart learning →"I would do anything you asked." Reporting it, "would do"
Astays unchanged
Bbecomes had done
Cbecomes did do
Dbecomes will do
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. stays unchanged
Verb forms made with would have no preterite equivalent, so they do not change when reported.
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