Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
He said "I met him in $1950$."
He said _____.

• A. I met him in $1950$
• B. he had been met by him in $1950$
• C. he used to met him in $1950$
• D. he had met him in $1950$
• E. he was meeting him in $1950$

Answer 1

Answer: (D)

he had met him in $1950$

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 D is correct as when we convert the given direct sentence to indirect speech the past tense is changed to past perfect tense (had met) and I is changed to he.

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

The correct answer is D)he had met him in1950