Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
“I finished my assignment two hours ago,” she said.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. She said that she had finished her assignment two hours before.
- The reporting speech of the given direct voice is in Simple past tense, which will be changed to past perfect tense i.e., Finished will be changed into had finished.
- Said of the reporting verb will remain unchanged.
- Comma and inverted comma will be replaced with the conjunction 'that'.
- The first person of the reported speech i.e., I will be changed according to the subject of the reporting clause i.e., She.
- Ago will be replaced by before.
The most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence is-
She said that she had finished her assignment two hours before.