Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
The policeman told the inspector that he had arrested a man for breaking the lockdown rules.
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e The policeman said to the inspector, “I have arrested a man for breaking the lockdown rules.”
Given sentence: The policeman told the inspector that he had arrested a man for breaking the lockdown rules.
The given sentence is in the past perfect tense.
Add commas and inverted commas, and remove the conjunction "that".
"Told" is changed to, "said".
"He" is changed to "I". (The first-person pronouns are changed according to the subject of the reporting verb.)
"Had arrested" is changed to "have arrested".
So, the final sentence is:
The policeman said to the inspector, “I have arrested a man for breaking the lockdown rules.”