Question

Select the correct option to complete the sentence in the indirect speech.
The guide said to the tourist, "The Taj looks awesome in the moonlight."
The guide told the tourist that the Taj ________ awesome in the moonlight.

• A. Looks
• B. Looked
• C. Is looking
• D. Was looking

Answer 1

The correct option is B Looked

As the given sentence in the direct speech is in the simple present tense, we need to convert it into simple past tense in the indirect speech.

Option A - 'Looks' is used to represent the sentence in the simple present tense. Thus option A is incorrect.

Option C - 'Is looking' is used to represent the sentence in the present continuous tense. Thus option C is incorrect.

Option D - 'Was looking' is used to form the sentence in the past continuous tense and not simple past tense. Thus option D is incorrect.

Option B - 'Looked' is the past form of the verb 'look' which is used to represent the sentence in the simple past tense. Thus option A is the correct answer.

'The guide told the tourist that the Taj Mahal looked awesome in the moonlight.'