Question

'I have prepared an elaborate meal,
Meera said to us.
change into indirect speech ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The given sentence is in simple past tense as it mentions an action that was already completed at a time reference.

If reporting verb in direct speech is in the past tense, then the tense of the verbs in the indirect speech must be generally changed to past perfect.

Option A "dinner was ready" does not change the tense and just reports the sentence in simple past tense.

Option B "is ready" is simple present tense and simple past in direct speech does not take a simple present verb form in indirect speech.

Option C "had been ready" uses the verb form (had been) in the past perfect tense. This is correct as this satisfies the rule of conversion for simple past sentences.

Option D "dinner will be ready" changes the verb tense to future continuous. Thus, this is incorrect.

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

Meera told us that she had prepared an elaborate meal

Explanation:

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