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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