Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, "These vegetables do not look fresh."
Option 1: She said that those vegetables did not look fresh.
Option 2: She said that these vegetables did not look fresh.
Option 3: She said that those vegetables did not looked fresh.
Option 4: She said that these vegetables do not look fresh.
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Correct Answer: She said that those vegetables did not look fresh.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Conversion steps:
The present tense is changed to the past tense.
"These" changes to "those" to reflect the change in proximity from direct to reported speech.
So, the complete indirect form is: "She said that those vegetables did not look fresh."
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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, "These dresses are cheap."
Option 1: He said that those dresses was cheap.
Option 2: He said that these dresses are cheap.
Option 3: He said that these dresses were cheap.
Option 4: He said that those dresses were cheap.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. She said that she was going to the theatre then.
Option 1: She said, "I am going to the theatre now."
Option 2: She said, "She goes to the theatre now."
Option 3: She said, "She has gone to the theatre now."
Option 4: She said, "I go to the theatre then."
Sana said, "I am going to pick up the children now."
Option 1: Sana said that she was going to pick up the children then.
Option 2: Sana said that I am going to pick up the children now.
Option 3: Sana said that I am going to pick up the children then.
Option 4: Sana said that she was going to pick up the children now.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. Girish said, "We have not gone to Mexico".
Option 1: Girish said that they had not went to Mexico.
Option 2: Girish said that they has not gone to Mexico.
Option 3: Girish said that we had not gone to Mexico.
Option 4: Girish said that they had not gone to Mexico.
Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Savita said, "I'm enjoying my stay in the hills."
Option 1: Savita said that I am enjoying my stay in the hills.
Option 2: Savita said that I'm going to enjoy my stay in the hills.
Option 3: Savita said that she was enjoying her stay in the hills.
Option 4: Savita said that she had been enjoying her stay in the hills.
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