Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, “She must leave all the bad habits.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3. i.e. She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.
To convert the given sentence into its indirect form, the following rules are followed:
- Remove the quotation marks from the sentence.
- Replace the reporting verb "said" with a suitable reporting verb such as "informed," "told," or "advised."
- Change the tense of the reported speech according to the rules of sequence of tenses. In this case, since the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported speech (i.e., "must leave") will change to the past tense ("had to leave").
- Change the pronouns and possessive adjectives in the reported speech to reflect the perspective of the person reporting the speech.
Thus, the correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.