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Change the direct narration into indirect narration:
Jyoti said, "I went to India to visit my family."

A
Jyoti said that she went to India to visit her family.
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Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.
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Jyoti said that she is going to India to visit her family.
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D
Jyoti said that she was going to India to visit her family.
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Solution

The correct option is C Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.

The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.

When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).

Option B is correct as that is added, I is changed to she, my to her, and simple past tense to past perfect tense.

The other options are wrong as went, is going, and was going can't be used.

The correct answer is B)Jyoti said that she had gone to India to visit her family.


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