English » Direct Indirect Speech

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

Mother said, “Abhinav slipped while trying to board a bus.”

A

Mother said that Abhinav had slipped while trying to board a bus.

B

Mother told that Abhinav slipped while trying to board a bus.

C

Mother said that Abhinav slipped while trying to board a bus.

D

Mother says that Abhinav slipped while trying to board a bus.

Solution

according to the rules of narrations

past indefinite should be changed into past perfect tense

commas should be changed into that

said into said( said to into told) 

so the correct sentence will be,mother said that abhinay had slipped while trying to board a bus.