Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The librarian said to her, “You can borrow only two books at a time.”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The librarian told her that she could borrow only two books at a time.
The given sentence is in direct speech, to convert this sentence into indirect speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will get omitted and 'that' will be used.
- The reporting verb 'said to' will be changed into 'told'.
- In the reporting speech, the verb 'can' will be changed to 'could' when converting into indirect speech.
- 'You' will be changed into 'She'.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The librarian told her that she could borrow only two books at a time.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 1 i.e. The librarian told her that she could borrow only two books at a time.