Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence.
Rohan said to Manasi, "I have no rose to give you now."
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
While changing the direct speech into indirect speech, several grammatical transformations occurred:
Reporting Verb: Since "said to" is followed by an object (Manasi), it changes to "told".
Pronouns: The first-person pronoun "I" changes to "he" to match the subject (Rohan). The second-person pronoun "you" changes to "her" to match the object (Manasi).
Tense Change: The present simple verb "have" is shifted to the past simple "had" because the reporting verb is in the past tense.
Time Adverb: The word "now" is changed to "then" to reflect the change from a direct moment to a reported one.
Indirect speech: Rohan told Manasi that he had no rose to give her then.