Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The manager said, “My secretary has resigned.”
Option 1: The manager said that his secretary had resigned.
Option 2: The manager said that his secretary has resign.
Option 3: The manager said that my secretary had resigned.
Option 4: The manager said that his secretary resigned.
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Correct Answer: The manager said that his secretary had resigned.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option .
Rules for narration conversion
- There would be no change in the reporting verb.
- The second-person pronoun "my" is changed to "his" the third-person pronoun.
- The present perfect tense "has resigned" is changed to the past perfect tense "had resigned".
- The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
Therefore, the indirect speech is: "The manager said that his secretary had resigned."
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