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Archi Sharma

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· 1 Months ago

. (Question: 257471.15 )

if simultaneous action can't be change ,its answer should be B

Question:

Directions: A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. 

He said, “I was washing my clothes when you called.” 

Options:
A)

He said that he was washing his clothes when I had called. 

B)

He said he was washing his clothes when I called. 

C)

He said that he had been washing his clothes when I called. 

D)

He said that he has been washing his clothes when I had called. 

Solution:

Ans: (a) He said that he was washing his clothes when I had called. 

Tushar Rawat

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· 1 Months ago

saare rule dekhne ke baad..I think correct must be - He said that he was washing his clothes when I called.

Harikesh

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· 1 Months ago

Universal truth or a habitual fact
a) If the Reported Speech expresses a universal truth or a habitual fact, its tense remains unchanged.
Examples:
The teacher said, “The earth revolves round the sun”.
The teacher said that the earth revolves round the sun.
b) When the Reported Speech contains a time clause and both the main verb and the verb in
the time clause are the simple past, these verbs are left unchanged.
Example:
He said, “The boy stuck to his post till his father ordered him to leave”.
He said that the boy stuck to his post till his father ordered him to leave.
However, if the main verb is in the simple past while the verb in the time clause as in past continuous, it is usual to change the main verb to past perfect and leave the verb in the time clause unchanged:
Example:
He said, “Asif slipped when he was trying to board a bus”.
He said that Asif had slipped when he was trying to board a bus.

Archi Sharma

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· 1 Months ago

@Harsh Ahlawat plz let me know book name

Harsh Ahlawat

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· 1 Months ago

@Archi Sharma i was actually quoting one of the rules from that buk. others being that past cont also does not change in time clause. also we know that past perfect remains same. so we can easily conclude that when time clause is used in past tense, tense remains unchanged.

Harsh Ahlawat

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· 1 Months ago

@Archi Sharma since it is in past tense and time clause is used, the tense would not change. Read rules from plinth 2 paramount. ans is wrong

Archi Sharma

· commented

· 1 Months ago

@Abhyut so why tense is changed after "when"

Abhyut

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· 1 Months ago

In past tense, whatever the case may be, simultaneous actions ka tense will not change.

Archi Sharma

· commented

· 1 Months ago

@Harsh Ahlawat but this sentence is not in past indefinite and it is also a conditional sentence so plz give me a logical reply

Harsh Ahlawat

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· 1 Months ago

exactly, plinth to paramount pg no.71 point no.3, according to which the tense does not change if time clause is used in past indefinite.
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