curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-use-reported-speech/6838feaafafc34499e5ae580.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What could Mark say to show he agrees with Lisa's idea?
I was thinking the same thing.
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We need to investigate more.
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This does not express agreement with Lisa's comment.
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The Past Continuous tense (was/were + verb in the -ing form) is used here to describe an action or thought happening over a period of time in the past, often simultaneously with another event. It can show that someone was already thinking about the same idea. For example:
I was reading the report when you called. – This means the action of reading was ongoing when the call happened.
In this case, I was thinking the same thing means Mark's idea happened during or before Lisa's comment and shows agreement.
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