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Ashwani Verma

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past in direct speech changes past perfect in indirect speech so why we will not choose opt 3

Question:

DIRECTION: In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.


She said that she hadn’t done anything wrong that time.

Options:
A)

She said, “I haven’t done anything wrong this time.”

B)

She said, “I hadn’t done anything wrong this time.”

C)

She said, “I didn’t do anything wrong this time.”  

D)

She said, “I don’t do anything wrong this time.”

Solution:

Ans: (a)

Present perfect tense in direct speech changes into past perfect tense in indirect speech. So option (a) is the correct indirect speech of the given sentence.

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