Change the narration of the given sentence (Direct/Indirect)

Question of The Day01-09-2020

Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration (direct/indirect) of the given sentence.

Arnab said to me, "I entrusted all my duties to the subordinate without knowing his skill and ability”.

Answer

Correct Answer : a ) Arnab told me that he had entrusted all his duties to the subordinate without knowing his skill and ability.

Explanation :

The given sentence is in direct speech and we need to change it to indirect.

In indirect speech,

Simple Past tense (entrusted) changes to Past perfect (had entrusted).
First person pronoun, i.e., ‘I’ changes to ‘she’ with respect to the subject, i.e. ‘Arnab’.
Also, ‘my’ changes to ‘her’.
Reporting verb, i.e., ‘Said to’ changes to ‘told’.

The complement part (to the subordinate without knowing his skill and ability) of the sentence remains intact.

The indirect form is- ‘Arnab told me that he had entrusted all his duties to the subordinate without knowing his skill and ability.’

Hence, the correct answer is option A.