Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The airport official said, “The daily footfall of passengers has increased significantly
since last year.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. The airport official said that the daily footfall of passengers had increased significantly since the previous year.
Changes required:
Conjunction: The inverted commas are removed and the conjunction “that” is used.
Verb: Reporting verb “said” is in past tense, so the tense of the reported speech must be changed accordingly.
Tense: Present perfect tense “has increased” changes to past perfect “had increased.”
Pronoun: No change in pronouns is needed here.
Others: “Since last year” changes to “since the previous year” in indirect speech.
Converted sentence: The airport official said that the daily footfall of passengers had increased significantly since the previous year.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.