Question:
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct voice.
The manager told the employees that they had been working late for weeks and deserved appreciation.
दिए गए वाक्य को प्रत्यक्ष कथन (direct speech) में व्यक्त करने वाले विकल्प का चयन कीजिए:
The manager told the employees that they had been working late for weeks and deserved appreciation.
Options:
- The manager said, “You were worked late for weeks and deserved appreciation.”
- The manager said to the employees, “You have been working late for weeks and deserve appreciation.”
- The manager told the employees, “You has been working late for weeks and deserved appreciation.”
- The manager told the employees, “They had been being working late for weeks and deserved appreciation.”
- The manager said, “You were worked late for weeks and deserved appreciation.”
- The manager said to the employees, “You have been working late for weeks and deserve appreciation.”
- The manager told the employees, “You has been working late for weeks and deserved appreciation.”
- The manager told the employees, “They had been being working late for weeks and deserved appreciation.”
Correct Answer: b)
Explanation:
Past perfect continuous ‘had been working’ reverts to present perfect continuous ‘have been working’, and simple past ‘deserved’ reverts to simple present ‘deserve’ addressed to ‘You’. Option (b) is correct.
इनडायरेक्ट के ‘had been working’ का डायरेक्ट रूप ‘have been working’ तथा ‘deserved’ का ‘deserve’ होता है। अतः (b) सही है।