(d) that he should go for a walk. Raman asked me that he will go for a walk. The train is running late we for one hour. (a) would wait (b) should have to wait (c) shall have to wait (d) may be waiting Writing Answer any five out of the six questions, with reference to the context Last month Arun went to a hill station. He spent a week there. He about the visit. On the way there he saw trucks laden with tree trun Roadsides and parks were littered. Accommodation on offer was eit not good enough. Arun decided to write a letter about the problems h Who/Which organization should Arun address this lette audience/readership ? (a) Central Ministry of Tourism (b) State Ministry (c) A national daily newspaper (d) A news magaz In which order should A
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Answer:
Correct option is
B
He said that he could not help me at present because he was himself in difficulty.
The given sentence is a statement.
According to the rules of narration and reporting, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into its corresponding past form. The reporting verb in the given sentence, 'said', is in the past form. Therefore, the reported verb, 'cannot' will change into 'could not'. The first person pronoun 'I' will change to third person 'he'.
Thus, in indirect speech the sentence must be,
He said that he could not help me at present because he was himself in difficulty.
Thus option B is the correct answer.
Options A,B,D are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.
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