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Underline the Verb of Reporting in the Following Sentence.I Wondered Why He Was Screaming. - English (Moments)

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प्रश्न

Underline the verb of reporting in the following sentence.

I wondered why he was screaming.

उत्तर

I wondered why he was screaming.

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पाठ 3.1: The Little Girl - Thinking about Language 2 [पृष्ठ ४०]

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पाठ 3.1 The Little Girl
Thinking about Language 2 | Q 1.5 | पृष्ठ ४०

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 Look at the following sentence.

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