Question

The lady said that she had been
sewing since last evening.

a.The lady said, "I have been
sewing since yesterday
evening."
b.The lady said, "I have been
sewing from last evening."
c.The lady said, "I had been
sewing since yesterday
evening."
d.The lady said, "I had been
sewing from yesterday
evening."​

Answer 1

Answer:

a

Explanation:

The lady said, "I have been sewing since yesterday evening."

Answer 2

Question :

The lady said that she had been sewing since last evening.

a.The lady said, "I have been sewing since yesterday evening."

b.The lady said, "I have been sewing from last evening."

c.The lady said, "I had been sewing since yesterday evening."

d.The lady said, "I had been sewing from yesterday evening."​

Choose the correct alternmative.

Answer :

The lady said, "I have been sewing since yesterday evening."

Option a.The lady said, "I have been sewing since yesterday evening." is correct.

The rules to change an indirect speech into a indirect speech are as follows :

• The comma and the double quotations are to be included.

• The tense of the sentence inside the quotation does not change if the reported verb is in present tense.

• The tense of the sentence inside the quotation changes accordingly if the reported verb is in past tense.

• Here , the reported verb is in simple past tense, therefore the tense of the sentence inside quotation changes from past perfect to present perfect.

• ' Had ' becomes 'have'.

• 'Last evening' becomes 'yesterday evening'.

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