Question:
A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys
the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech:
She said, “I met him yesterday morning.”
A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys
the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech:
She said, “I met him yesterday morning.”
Options:
- a) She said she had met him the previous morning.
- b) She said she has met him yesterday morning.
- c) She said she was meeting him yesterday morning.
- d) She said she had meet him the previous morning.
- a) She said she had met him the previous morning.
- b) She said she has met him yesterday morning.
- c) She said she was meeting him yesterday morning.
- d) She said she had meet him the previous morning.
correct answer : a)
Explanation:
In indirect speech, the simple past tense (met) changes to the past perfect tense (had met). Also, ‘yesterday morning’ changes to ‘the previous morning’. Therefore, ‘She said she had met him the previous morning’ is correct.
Direct से Indirect speech में बदलते समय, simple past tense (met) को past perfect tense (had met) में बदल दिया जाता है। साथ ही, ‘yesterday morning’ को ‘the previous morning’ में बदल दिया जाता है। इसलिए विकल्प A सही है।