Question

Tap the option that correctly completes the sentence in reported speech.

Direct speech: Meera said, ‘We have swum all the way from the north to look for the treasure’.

Reported speech: Meera all the way from the north to look for the treasure."

• A. said that they had swum
• B. said that swum have they
• C. told they has swam
• D. told that they are swimming

Answer 1

The correct option is A said that they had swum

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The correct answer is, ‘said that they had swum’. Here, the pronoun ‘we’ changes to ‘they’ and the present perfect tense ‘have swum’ changes to past perfect tense ‘had swum’ in reported speech.