Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. She said, "I called yesterday, but there was no response".
Option 1: She said that she had called the day before, but there was no response.
Option 2: She said that I called day before, but there was no response.
Option 3: She said I called yesterday, but there was no response.
Option 4: She said she called yesterday, but there was no response.
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Correct Answer: She said that she had called the day before, but there was no response.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Indirect speech is speech that tells you what someone said but does not use the person's actual words. In reported speech, when reporting someone else's statement, we often shift the pronouns and verb tenses.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Therefore, the correct answer is: She said that she had called the day before, but there was no response.
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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. She asked Aditi, "Where did you have lunch yesterday?"
Option 1: She asked Aditi whether she was having lunch yesterday.
Option 2: She asked Aditi where she was having lunch the previous day.
Option 3: She asked Aditi if she had lunch yesterday.
Option 4: She asked Aditi where she had lunch the previous day.
Question : Select the correct indirect form of speech for the given sentence.
Bajrang said, "I went to Chandigarh yesterday."
Option 1: Bajrang said that he had gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 2: Bajrang said that he was gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 3: Bajrang said that he gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Option 4: Bajrang said that he have gone to Chandigarh the day before.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. She said that she was going to the theatre then.
Option 1: She said, "I am going to the theatre now."
Option 2: She said, "She goes to the theatre now."
Option 3: She said, "She has gone to the theatre now."
Option 4: She said, "I go to the theatre then."
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in passive voice. The police had caught the thief on the day before yesterday.
Option 1: The thief has been caught by the police the day before yesterday.
Option 2: The thief had been caught by the police the day before yesterday.
Option 3: The thief was being caught by the police the day before yesterday.
Option 4: The thief had caught by the police the day before yesterday.
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. The small girl said, “I have never been here before.”
Option 1: The small girl said that I have never been there before.
Option 2: The small girl said that she had never been there before.
Option 3: The small girl said that she has never been there before.
Option 4: The small girl said that she had never been here before.
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