A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the given four options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech.
Komal said, "I had completed the project."
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Komal said that she had completed the project.
Changes required:
- Conjunction: Quotation marks are removed and the conjunction “that” is used to join the reporting verb and the reported speech.
- Verb/Tense:
- The direct speech is already in past perfect tense (had completed).
- Past perfect remains unchanged when converting to indirect speech.
- Pronoun: First-person pronoun “I” changes to “she” according to the subject of the reporting clause (Komal).
- Reporting verb: “Said” remains said, as it is not followed by an object; therefore, it is not changed to ‘told’.
- Other changes: No adverb of time or place required transformation here.
Converted sentence: Komal said that she had completed the project.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.