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Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
The chemist said, “We do not have stock of this medicine now.”

Option 1: The chemist said that we do not have stock of this medicine now.”

Option 2: The chemist said that they are not having stock of that medicine now.

Option 3: The chemist said that we did not have stock of this medicine then.

Option 4: The chemist said that they did not have stock of that medicine then.


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Correct Answer: The chemist said that they did not have stock of that medicine then.


Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.

The steps of conversion are as follows:

  • There would be no change in the reporting verb in the indirect speech.
  • "We" (a first-person pronoun) is changed to "they" (a third-person pronoun).
  • The present tense "do not" is changed to the past tense "did not".
  • "This" is changed to "that".
  • The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.

Therefore, the correct answer is: "The chemist said that they did not have stock of that medicine then."

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