Question

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
Ms. Neela said to the class, "I am your new English teacher."
Ms. Neela told the class that ____ new English teacher.

• A. She is your
• B. I am your
• C. She is their
• D. She was their

Answer 1

The correct option is

D

She was their

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, 'am' will change into 'was'. The first person pronoun is changed into the person of the speaker. So, 'I' gets changed into 'she'. Second person pronoun 'your' is changed into 'their'. Thus, the complete sentence must be: Ms. Neela told the class that she was their new English teacher. Hence, option D is the correct answer.

Options A, B, C are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.