Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
Mother said, “Abhinav slipped while trying to board a bus.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. Mother said that Abhinav had slipped while trying to board a bus.
Given sentence: Mother said, “Abhinav slipped while trying to board a bus.”
In indirect speech, we need to remove commas and inverted commas, and the conjunction 'that' is added.
The V2 form of the verb will be changed to had + V3.
So, the final sentence is:
Mother said that Abhinav had slipped while trying to board a bus.