Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The Prime Minister has said, “The government will extend help to the unorganised sector.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The Prime Minister has said that the government will extend help to the unorganised sector.
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 tense of indirect/reported speech will remain the same as the reporting verb is in the present tense.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The Prime Minister has said that the government will extend help to the unorganised sector.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The Prime Minister has said that the government will extend help to the unorganised sector.