Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.

Rani said, “We went for a winter vacation.”

Option 1: Rani said that they went on a winter vacation.
 

Option 2: Rani said that they were on a winter vacation.
 

Option 3: Rani said that they had gone on a winter vacation.
 

Option 4: Rani said they went for a winter vacation.


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: Rani said that they had gone on a winter vacation.


Solution : The correct answer is option 3.

Rani said that they had gone on a winter vacation.

Explanation:

The direct sentence is in the simple past tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.

Simple Past (Subject + V2 + Object)

Past Perfect (Subject + had + V3 + Object)

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