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SSC CGL 2022 PYQ — Question 22

SSC CGL - 18 April 2022 - Shift 1 • English • Q22

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. 
Ajay says, “There is going to be a snowfall.”
 

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Correct answer: D

Explanation

The correct answer is option 4 i.e. Ajay says that there is going to be a snowfall.

  • The sentence is in direct speech.
  • In order to change it to Indirect speech the process is as follows.
  1. The tense and pronouns of reported speech are changed only when the repoting verb is in past tense.
  2. In the sentence the reporting verb is in present tense.
  3. Hence, the sentence will remain the same.

Hence, the correct sentence is-

Ajay says that there is going to be a snowfall.