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The Outcasts of Poker Flat

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Hear the past perfect and reported speech.

Listen to each sentence and write what you hear.

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Words to know

outcast
A person whom others will not accept.
companion
A person you travel or spend time with.
steal
To take something that is not yours.

Answer key

  1. He had also won a lot of their money.“Had won” is the past perfect.
  2. Some people thought that he had also stolen some gold.“Had stolen” is the past perfect of “steal”.
  3. So, the four of them slowly rode out of town.“The four of them” means all four people. “Rode” is the past of “ride”.
  4. She said that was as far as she was going today.“As far as she was going” reports what she said about the distance.
  5. Yet he was stronger than his three companions.“Yet” here means but. “Stronger than” compares him with the others.

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