Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Anne said to Mary, “I have received a job offer from a company.”
Option 1: Anne told Mary that I had received a job offer from a company.
Option 2: Anne told Mary that I have received a job offer from a company.
Option 3: Anne told Mary that she had received a job offer from a company.
Option 4: Anne told Mary that she has received a job offer from a company.
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Correct Answer: Anne told Mary that she had received a job offer from a company.
Solution : The third option is the correct answer.
Narration Conversion:
- The verb said is changed to told in reported speech.
- That is used to connect the main clause to the reported clause.
- The first-person pronoun I is changed to the third-person pronoun she in the reported speech.
- The present perfect tense is changed to the past perfect tense in the reported speech. Thus, have received is changed to had received in the reported speech.
Therefore, the sentence in indirect form is: Anne told Mary that she had received a job offer from a company.
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