Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Anne said to Mary, “I have received a job offer from a company.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Anne told Mary that she had received a job offer from a company.
- The reporting speech is in the present perfect tense, while converting into indirect speech the tense will change into past perfect.
- Have will be changed to had.
- Said to is changed to told.
- Common and inverted commas will be replaced by 'that'.
- I will be changed to She, as reported speech changes as per the subject of the reporting clause.
The correct indirect speech of the given direct speech is-
Anne told Mary that she had received a job offer from a company.