Tap the pronoun that correctly completes the sentence in reported speech.
Direct speech: James said to me, ‘You have to clean the room.’
Reported speech: James told me that ___ had to clean the room.
A
you
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B
I
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C
me
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D
he
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Solution
The correct option is B I The answer is, ‘James told me that I had to clean the room.’ The pronoun changes from ‘you’ in direct speech to ‘I’ in reported speech. This is because the speaker ‘James’ is referring to the reporter.