Attempt this Question on Direct and Indirect Speech

Question of The Day19-01-2021

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

Mr. Mehta told me that he had updated the schedule for the entire week.

Answer

Correct Answer : c ) Mr. Mehta said to me, ‘I have updated the schedule for the entire week.’

Explanation :

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

Commas and inverted commas replace ‘that’.
Reporting verb (told) is changed to ‘said to’.
Past perfect (had updated) changes to Present Perfect tense (have updated).
First person pronoun ‘I’ changes to ‘he’ as per the subject ‘Mr. Mehta’.

The indirect form is – ‘Mr. Mehta said to me, ‘I have updated the schedule for the entire week.’

Hence, (C) is the correct answer.

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