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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The boy said to the teacher, "Sir, I am weak in Maths and seek your advice."

Option 1: The boy told the teacher that he was weak in Maths and seek his advice.

Option 2: The boy told the teacher that he was weak in Maths and sought his advice.

Option 3: The boy told the teacher that he is weak in Maths and see his advice.

Option 4: The boy told that he was weak in Maths and sought his advice.


Team Careers360 6th Jan, 2024
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Team Careers360 8th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: The boy told the teacher that he was weak in Maths and sought his advice.


Solution : The second option is the correct choice.

The process involves transforming the original speaker's words and actions into the narrator's own words, maintaining the meaning while changing the form to fit indirect speech.

The construction of the indirect statement would be as follows:

  • Said to is changed to told.
  • Sir, I am weak in maths and seek your advice is reported indirectly by transforming it into that he was weak in maths and sought his advice.
  • Pronouns I changed to he; your changed to his; and tenses am changed to was; seek changed to sought are adjusted to fit into indirect speech.

Therefore, the required indirect statement would be: The boy told the teacher that he was weak in Maths and sought his advice.

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