Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Tap the option that correctly completes the sentence in reported speech.


Direct speech: Lastly, he added, ‘The eye is the fastest muscle in the human body.’

Reported speech: Lastly, he added that _____________ in the human body.

Answer 1

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The option ‘the eye is the fastest muscle’ is correct because the eye being the fastest muscle in the human body is a fact that doesn't change with time, place or speaker. Hence, it is reported in the present tense.