Question:
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect voice:
The pilot said, “We have been flying through this turbulent weather for several hours, and we expect that the storm, which is now on the horizon, will hit us in a few hours.”
दिए गए वाक्य को Indirect Voice में बदलने वाले सही विकल्प का चयन कीजिए:
The pilot said, “We have been flying through this turbulent weather for several hours, and we expect that the storm, which is now on the horizon, will hit us in a few hours.”
Options:
- The pilot said that they have been flying through this turbulent weather for several hours, and they expect that the storm, which is now on the horizon, will hit them in a few hours.
- The pilot said that they had been flying through that turbulent weather for several hours, and they expected that the storm, which was then on the horizon, would hit them in a few hours.
- The pilot said that they had been flying through this turbulent weather for several hours, and they expected that the storm, which is now on the horizon, will hit them in a few hours.
- The pilot said that they were flying through that turbulent weather for several hours, and they expected that the storm would hit them in a few hours.
- The pilot said that they have been flying through this turbulent weather for several hours, and they expect that the storm, which is now on the horizon, will hit them in a few hours.
- The pilot said that they had been flying through that turbulent weather for several hours, and they expected that the storm, which was then on the horizon, would hit them in a few hours.
- The pilot said that they had been flying through this turbulent weather for several hours, and they expected that the storm, which is now on the horizon, will hit them in a few hours.
- The pilot said that they were flying through that turbulent weather for several hours, and they expected that the storm would hit them in a few hours.
Correct Answer: b)
Explanation:
In indirect speech reporting past tense: ‘have been flying’ changes to ‘had been flying’, ‘this’ changes to ‘that’, ‘expect’ to ‘expected’, ‘now’ to ‘then’, and ‘will’ to ‘would’. Hence, option (b) is correct.
Indirect speech में बदलते समय ‘have been flying’ बदलकर ‘had been flying’ हो जाता है, ‘this’ का ‘that’, ‘expect’ का ‘expected’, ‘is now’ का ‘was then’, तथा ‘will’ का ‘would’ हो जाता है। अतः विकल्प (b) सही है।