Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:
Reena: I called you yesterday. Where were you?
Arya: I went to visit my grandmother. Why did you call?
Reena: I called to tell you that our results will be out next week.
Arya: Are you sure?
Reena: I saw the news in yesterday's newspaper.
Reena told Arya that (a) __ and asked her where she had been. Arya told her that (b) _ grandmother and enquired why she had called. Reena told her that she (c) _ results would be out next week. When Arya asked whether she was sure, Reena told her (d) _____ newspaper.

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Reena told Arya that she had called her and asked her where she had been. Arya told her that she went to visit her grandmother and enquired why she had called. Reena told her that she called to tell her that their results would be out next week. When Arya asked whether she was sure, Reena told her that she saw the news in the previous day's newspaper.

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