Question

He said to me, “Corona is a novel virus.” 

  The reported speech to the above sentence will be in ……………. sentence. 

  (A) simple  (B) compound  (C)  Complex  (D) none of these​

Answer 1

Answer:

it is a simple sentence

Answer 2

The reported speech is a (A) simple sentence.

Explanation:

• A sentence with single subject and predicate is called as simple sentence.
• The subject in this sentence is "Corona" and the predicate in this sentence is "is a novel virus."
• It is always has basic sense and a simple sentence does not mean it is need to be short.
• Sometimes, a simple sentence can have compound structure of predicate.