Question : Select the correct indirect form of speech for the given sentence.
Bajrang said, "I went to Chandigarh yesterday."
Option 1: Bajrang said that he had gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 2: Bajrang said that he was gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 3: Bajrang said that he gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 4: Bajrang said that he have gone to Chandigarh the day before.
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Correct Answer: Bajrang said that he had gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Indirect speech focuses more on the content of what someone says than their exact words.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- There would be no change in the reporting verb.
- The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the third-person pronoun "he".
- The simple past tense "went" is changed to the past perfect tense "had gone" to maintain the correct sequence of tenses.
- The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
- The time expression "yesterday" is changed to "the day before" to provide an indirect reference to the past time.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "Bajrang said that he had gone to Chandigarh the day before."
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