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SSC CGL 2019 PYQ — Question 118

SSC CGL Tier II English - 11/09/2019 • English • Q118

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Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct / indirect) of the given sentence.
The salesman said to me, “All the gift items are new. We received this consignment yesterday.”

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Correct answer: A

Explanation

The correct answer is option 1 i.e. The salesman informed me that all the gift items were new. He further said they had received that consignment the day before.

  1. As the given sentence is in the past continuous tense, PAST CONTINUOUS will be changed to PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS.
  2. Here, ‘said’ should be changed to ‘informed’ and ‘yesterday’ should be changed to ‘the day before’.
  3. "yesterday" will be changed into "the day before".

As the chosen option follows the given rules it will be correct.