Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
The tourist said, "It was snowing in Shimla."
The tourist said that it ____in Shimla.
Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
The tourist said, "It was snowing in Shimla."
The tourist said that it ____in Shimla.
The correct option is C Had been snowing
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 C is correct as the given direct speech is in the past continuous tense, so needs to be changed to past perfect continuous tense.
The other options are wrong as was, has being, and snowed can't be used.
The correct answer is C)Had been snowing
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 C is correct as the given direct speech is in the past continuous tense, so needs to be changed to past perfect continuous tense.
The other options are wrong as was, has being, and snowed can't be used.
The correct answer is C)Had been snowing
