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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.


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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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