Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
“Oh no! We have missed the flight,” she said.
Option 1: She exclaimed that we had missed the flight.
Option 2: She was sorry that they missed the flight.
Option 3: She cried that we have missed the flight.
Option 4: She regretted that they had missed the flight.
Correct Answer: She regretted that they had missed the flight.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
Narration Conversion:
- The first-person I is changed to the third-person pronoun she .
- The verb said is changed to the verb regretted since it is a case of regret.
- That is used to introduce the reported clause.
- The pronoun we is changed to they in the reported speech.
- The present perfect tense (have missed) is changed to the past perfect tense (had missed) .
Therefore, the correct sentence is: She regretted that they had missed the flight.
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