Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said to Manoj, “I celebrated my birthday two days ago.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2 i.e. He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before.
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 reported speech, 'celebrated' will be changed into 'had celebrated'. (Simple past tense to Past perfect tense)
- The pronoun 'I' will be changed into 'he'.
- The pronoun 'my' will be changed into 'his'
- Lastly, 'two daays ago' will be changed into 'two days before'.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 2 i.e. He told Manoj that he had celebrated his birthday two days before.