Question

Tap the pronoun that correctly completes the sentence in reported speech.
Direct speech: Priya said to Jia, ‘You cannot give this book to anyone.’
Reported speech: Priya told Jia that ____ could not give that book to anyone.

Answer 1

The answer is, ‘Priya told Jia that she could not give that book to anyone.’ The pronoun changes from ‘you’ in direct speech to ‘she’ in reported speech. This is because the speaker ‘Priya’ is referring to ‘Jia’, who is of the feminine gender.