Question

Choose the indirect speech of the given sentence.
The teacher said, "The higher I went, the cooler it was."

• A. The teacher said that the higher he goes, the cooler it was.
• B. The teacher said that the higher he went, the cooler it was.
• C. The teacher said that the higher you go, the cooler it is.
• D. None of the above.

Answer 1

The correct option is D None of the above.

The simple past tense should be changed to past perfect tense while converting direct to indirect speech. There is no correct answer given for this question. Th correct answer should have been "The teacher said that the higher he had gone, the cooler it had been." Hence, option D is correct.