23. Report the sentence correctly - 'There was an accident outside the supermarket'.
(1 Point)
1.He told that there had been an accident outside the supermarket.
2.He said there has been an accident outside the supermarket.
3.He said there were an accident
outside the supermarket.
4.He said there had been an accident outside the supermarket.
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Answer :
- He told that there had been an accident outside the supermarket.
Explanation :
- When the Reporting Verb is in Past Tense and the Reported Verb is in Past Indefinite Tense, in Indirect Speech, the Verb of the Reported Speech changes into Past Perfect Tense.
- Since "was" is in Simple Past Tense, we replace it with "had been" because "was" is a form of "has been" in Present Perfect Tense.
- Another example: Anik said to them, "I went to Calcutta." - Anik told them that he had gone to Calcutta.
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