Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to Manoj, "I celebrated my birthday two days ago."
Option 1: He told Manoj that he celebrated his birthday two days ago.
Option 2: He told Manoj that he celebrated my birthday two days before.
Option 3: He told Manoj that I celebrated my birthday two days ago.
Option 4: He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before.
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Correct Answer: He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The given sentence is in the direct speech . As per the question, we have to change it to the indirect speech .
The process of transformation is as follows:
- The reporting verb "said to" is changed into "told".
- The first-person pronouns "I" and "my" are changed to the third-person pronouns "he" and "his", respectively.
- The simple past tense "celebrated" is changed to the past perfect tense "had celebrated" in the indirect speech.
- The conjunction "that " is added between the reporting clause and the reported clause.
- "Ago " is changed to "before " .
Therefore, the correct answer is, " He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before ".
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