Question

Rewrite the following sentence in indirect speech.

The postman said to her, "I have a letter for you".
The postman told her____.

• A. That I have a letter for her
• B. That she had a letter for her
• C. That he has a letter for you
• D. That he had a letter for her

Answer 1

The correct option is D That he had a letter for her

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words. In the case of present simple tense, reported speech is formed by using the simple past tense. Inverted commas are removed and 'that' is used as a conjunction.

The sentence would become The postman told her that he had a letter for her.

Thus, option D is the correct answer according to the rules.