Question:
Choose the correct indirect speech: He said, ‘I have been waiting here for two hours.’
सही परोक्ष उक्ति चुनिए: He said, ‘I have been waiting here for two hours.’
Options:
- a) He said that he has been waiting there for two hours.
- b) He said that he had been waiting there for two hours.
- c) He said that I have been waiting here for two hours.
- d) He told that he had been waiting here for two hours.
- a) He said that he has been waiting there for two hours.
- b) He said that he had been waiting there for two hours.
- c) He said that I have been waiting here for two hours.
- d) He told that he had been waiting here for two hours.
correct answer : b)
Explanation:
Changing to indirect speech: ‘I’ → ‘he’, ‘have been waiting’ (present perfect continuous) → ‘had been waiting’ (past perfect continuous), ‘here’ → ‘there’. The reporting verb ‘said’ (past) causes backshift. ‘told’ requires an object.
परोक्ष उक्ति में: ‘I’→’he’, ‘have been waiting’→’had been waiting’, ‘here’→’there’। ‘Said’ के बाद ‘that’ आता है, ‘told’ के बाद object चाहिए।