Read the conversation given below and complete the paragraph that follows:
Meena: Seeta! My new dress is very pretty.
Seeta: Will you show it to me?
Meena: I will show it to you tomorrow when you come to my house. My father gave it
to me as a birthday gift.
Meena told her friend Seeta that (1) _____________ very pretty. Seeta asked her if
(2) _____________. She replied that (3) _____________ to her (4) _____________ house. Her father had given it (5) _____________.
Answers
Answer:
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.
Answer:
1)that her dress was
2)she could show it to her
3)she would show it
4)whe she comes to her
5)her as a birthday gift
Explanation:
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