Question

ii) Ranjan said. "You can not park here!"
A. Rajan said that I may not park here
B. Ranjan said to me that I was unable to park there.
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C. Ranjan forbade me to park there.
D. Ranjan exclaimed that I couldn't park there.​

Answer 1

The answer is as follows:

D. Ranjan exclaimed that I couldn't park there.

• In the given question, we need to choose the correct indirect speech from the given options.

• Since the subordinate clause is an exclamatory sentence, the reporting verb can be changed to 'exclaimed.'

• 'Can not' has been changed to 'couldn't' as the reporting verb was in the simple past tense.