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Change the following statement into indirect speech.He said, "I saw her the day before yesterday."
He said, "I saw her the day before yesterday."
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The correct option is A He said that he had seen her two days before.
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported).
In the direct speech, the exact words of the original speaker are repeated.
In the indirect speech (reported speech), the exact meaning of what the speaker told is expressed but not necessarily in the speaker’s exact words.
Option A is correct as the sentence in the inverted commas is in the simple past tense, so, after transformation, the reported speech is in the past perfect tense.
Options B,C, and D are wrong 'I', 'saw' and 'been' cannot be used respectively.
The correct answer is A)He said that he had seen her two days before.
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported).
In the direct speech, the exact words of the original speaker are repeated.
In the indirect speech (reported speech), the exact meaning of what the speaker told is expressed but not necessarily in the speaker’s exact words.
Option A is correct as the sentence in the inverted commas is in the simple past tense, so, after transformation, the reported speech is in the past perfect tense.
Options B,C, and D are wrong 'I', 'saw' and 'been' cannot be used respectively.
The correct answer is A)He said that he had seen her two days before.
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