SSC CPO 2023 PYQ — Question 4

SSC CPO Tier II - 2 May 2023 - Shift 2 • English • Q4

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

She said, “I know where he lives.”

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. She said that she knew where he lived.

Option 2 is correct because:

As the reporting verb is in past tense, Simple present tense (know, lives) changes to Simple present tense (knew, lived).

First person pronoun (I) changes to "she" according to the subject of the sentence (she).

The correct sentence will be: She said that she knew where he lived.