Question

Tap the sentence that correctly reports the given sentence.

Direct speech: The principal said to us, ‘The teaching staff at our school are the best’.

• A. The principal said to us that the teaching staff at their school is the best.
• B. The principal told us, ‘The teaching staff at their school are the best’.
• C. The principal said us to that the teaching staff at our school is the best.
• D. The principal told us that the teaching staff at our school are the best.

Answer 1

The correct option is D The principal told us that the teaching staff at our school are the best.

‘The principal told us that the teaching staff at our school are the best.’ is the correct sentence. Here, the possessive adjective ‘our’ in direct speech remains the same because I am a part of the school the principal is talking about and I am the one reporting what the principal said.