Choose the most appropriate option to change the narration

Question of The Day31-10-2020

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

Aisha said to me, "You may approve the files which are already marked".

Answer

Correct Answer : d ) Aisha told me that I might approve the files which are already marked.

Explanation :

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

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is having "may" after subject + First form of Verb.
Then we change "may" to "might" + First form of the verb (approve).
Reporting verb (said to) changes to ‘told’.
‘You’ changes to ‘I’ according to the object i.e., ‘me’.
Commas and inverted commas are omitted and ‘that’ is placed.

The indirect form is – ‘Aisha told me that I might approve the files which are already marked.’

Hence, (d) is the correct answer.

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