Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
Sairam said, "She has to come to Delhi to me within the next couple of hours to take help to solve the problem she mentioned."
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
To convert the direct speech into indirect narration, the following changes are applied:
The reporting verb "said" remains "said", and the conjunction "that" is added.
Since the reporting verb is in the past tense ("said"), the present tense verbs in the direct speech shift to the past tense.
"has to" becomes "had to".
"me" (referring to Sairam) becomes "him".
"mentioned" becomes "had mentioned" (past perfect).
"next couple of hours" becomes "following couple of hours".
"Come" shifts to "go" because the action moves away from the narrator's position when speaking.
Option ‘D’ implements all these changes.