Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said, “I have finished my work.”
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4, i.e., “She said that she had finished her work.”
When converting the direct statement “I have finished my work” into indirect speech, the tense shifts according to the rules of reported speech:
Present Perfect (“have finished”) becomes Past Perfect (“had finished”) because the reporting verb “said” is in the past tense.
Thus, the sentence:
She said, “I have finished my work.”
correctly becomes:
She said that she had finished her work.
This form accurately reflects both the change in pronoun and the tense shift required in indirect speech.