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: The teacher said, ‘Mount Everest is a peak in the Himalayan mountain range.’
Reported speech: The teacher said that Mount everest ______________ in the Himalayan mountain range.

• A. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> was a peak
• B. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> had been a peak
• C. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> is a peak
• D. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> will be a peak

Answer 1

The correct option is C <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> is a peak

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