English Narration Narration Change Assertive and Interrogative sentence Question #7352 (CAT-I)

Select the correct indirect narration: The student said, "I am studying for my exams."

A The student said that he was studying for his exams.

B The student said that he is studying for his exams.

C The student told that he was studying for his exams.

D The student said that I was studying for my exams.

Correct Answer & Explanation

Option A

• For an assertive sentence, 'said' remains 'said' if there is no object, and the connector 'that' is used. • The first-person pronoun 'I' changes to 'he' (referring to 'the student'), and 'my' changes to 'his'. • The present continuous tense 'am studying' changes to past continuous 'was studying' because the reporting verb 'said' is in the past tense.

Select the correct indirect narration: The student said, "I am studying for my exams."

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