Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Suman said to Meeta, “I have been invited to the show but I will not be able to go.”
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Suman told Meeta that she had been invited to the show but she would not be able to go.
Given sentence: Suman said to Meeta, “I have been invited to the show but I will not be able to go.”
Remove commas and inverted commas and add the conjunction that.
'said to' is changed to 'told.'
First-person pronouns are changed according to the subject of the reporting verb.
'I' is changed to 'she.'
'have been invited' is changed to 'had been invited.'
So, the final sentence is:
Suman told Meeta that she had been invited to the show but she would not be able to go.