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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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