Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Ramu said, "Lots of people in my village helped the migrant workers by giving them food."
Option 1: Ramu said that lots of people in my village helped the migrant workers by giving them food.
Option 2: Ramu said that lots of people in his village helped the migrant workers by giving them food.
Option 3: Ramu said that lots of people in my village are helping the migrant workers by giving them food.
Option 4: Ramu said that lots of people in his village had helped the migrant workers by giving them food.
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Correct Answer: Ramu said that lots of people in his village had helped the migrant workers by giving them food.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.
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.
Narration Conversion:
- Since "Ramu" is the speaker, the possessive pronoun should be changed from "my" to "his" in reference to "village".
- The present simple tense "helped" remains unchanged, as the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.
- The other elements, like "lots of people in his village" and "by giving them food" are retained to maintain the original meaning.
Therefore, the correct answer is: Ramu said that lots of people in his village helped the migrant workers by giving them food.
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