Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct / indirect) of the given sentence.
“I’m so sorry! I totally forgot about the meeting,” he said.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2. i.e. He apologized and said he had totally forgotten about the meeting.
As the given sentence is Assertive Sentence.
Here, ‘I’m so sorry!’ should be changed to ‘He apologized’ and ‘forgot’ should be changed to ‘forgotten’.
Rule 1
• If there is no object after Reporting verb there it should not be changed.
. If there is some object after Reporting verb then say is changed to tell, says to tells and said to told.
• According to the context said to can be replaced by replied, apologized, informed, stated, added, remarked, asserted, assured, pleaded, reminded, reported or complained etc.
Rule 2
• Put conjunction that in place of "".
• Change the pronouns of the Reported speech as enlisted earlier.