Question

Change the speech for the following statement :She said, “The man died in the afternoon.” *


a) She said the man died in the afternoon.

b) She said that the man had died in the afternoon.

c) She had said the man died in the afternoon.

d) She said the man was dead in the afternoon.

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Answer 1

Answer:

OPTION B

Explanation:

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Answer 2

She said that the man had died in the afternoon.

• The speech reports the exact words said by the speaker
• Whenever a sentence has to be transformed then it should be ensured that it does not form another question.
• It is employed when the focus is totally on the entity or individual who is impacted by the activity.
• It is also known as reported speech.
• In this type of conversion generally, the term say/said or told are used
• For example:

Direct speech: “I have a new phone”

Indirect speech: He said he had a new phone.

• In the given sentence, She is telling that a person had died in the afternoon
• Thus, the correct sentence is - She said that the man had died in the afternoon.

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