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· 1 Months ago

why option a is wrong sir... in c u have made said---told.. if there is no object then we should not change it.... so a should be the correct answer

Question:

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 and select your answer

He said, ‘’Gandhi ji faced many awkward situations when he was living in South Africa.”

Options:
A)

 

He said that Gandhi ji had faced many awkward situations when he was living in South Africa.

B)

 

He says that Gandhi ji faced many awkward situations when he was living in South Africa.

C)

 

He told that Gandhi ji had faced many awkward situations when he was living in South Africa.

D)

 

He said that Gandhi ji had been facing awkward situations when he was living in South Africa.

Solution:

If the reporting speech is in the past and the reported speech is a universal truth/ phrase/idiom/habitual action or historical fact, the tense of the reported speech does not change, here it is a ‘historical fact’.

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