Question

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


Direct speech: He mentioned, ‘The cornea is the only part of the body with no blood supply.’

Reported speech: He mentioned that ___________ with no blood supply.

• A. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> the cornea is the only part of the body
• B. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> the cornea had been the only part of the body

Answer 1

The correct option is A <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> the cornea is the only part of the body

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The option ‘the cornea is the only part of the body’ is correct because the cornea being the only part of the body with no blood supply is a fact that doesn't change with time, place or speaker. Hence, it is reported in the present tense.