SSC Stenographer 2022 PYQ — Question 66

SSC Stenographer - 17 Nov 2022 - Shift 2 • English • Q66

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

My daughter said, “Ayush has got a packet of toffee for his friends.”

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Correct answer: C

Explanation

The correct answer is option 3 i.e. My daughter said that Ayush had got a packet of toffee for his friends.

This is because the tense will remain the same as the first part of the direct one.

Then, we will use "that" to replace the direct form of speech of the sentence. When that happens, we change the tense of the whole sentence to that of the first part of the direct one.