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SSC CGL 2021 PYQ — Question 14

SSC CGL - 20 Aug 2021 - Shift 3 • English • Q14

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

The French scientist said, “I want to study how bees and wasps find their way home.”

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. The French scientist said that he wanted to study how bees and wasps found their way home.

  • The above sentence is in direct speech.
  • The basic rules for changing the direct speech into reported speech are as follows.
  1. The commas, inverted commas are replaced and that is added.
  2. The first person pronoun becomes the third person pronoun i.e. 'I' will become 'he'.
  3. The present simple tense will become past simple tense i.e. Sub+V(want)+object will change to Sub+V2(wanted)+object.

Hence, the correct sentence in reported speech is "The French scientist said that he wanted to study how bees and wasps found their way home".

The correct answer is- 

 The French scientist said that he wanted to study how bees and wasps found their way home.