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Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Kavya said to her husband, “I don’t mind being a busy woman.”

Option 1: Kavya told her husband that she had not mind being a busy woman.

Option 2: Kavya told her husband that she do not mind being a busy woman.

Option 3: Kavya said to her husband she did not mind being a busy woman.

Option 4: Kavya told her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman.


Team Careers360 9th Jan, 2024
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Correct Answer: Kavya told her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman.


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option .

Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.

The steps of conversion are as follows:

  • The reporting verb "said" is changed to "told" in the indirect speech.
  • The simple present tense "don't" is changed to the simple past tense "did not".
  • The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the third-person pronoun "she".
  • The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.

Therefore, the indirect statement would be: "Kavya told her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman."

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