English Narration Narration Change Assertive and Interrogative sentence Question #7358 (CAT-I)

Choose the correct indirect speech for: My neighbor said, "I often visit my relatives in the village."

A My neighbor said that he often visited his relatives in the village.

B My neighbor said that he often visits his relatives in the village.

C My neighbor told that he often visited his relatives in the village.

D My neighbor said that I often visited my relatives in the village.

Correct Answer & Explanation

Option A

• For an assertive sentence, 'said' remains 'said' and the connector 'that' is used. • The first-person pronoun 'I' changes to 'he' (assuming 'my neighbor' is male; 'she' would also be acceptable if gender is unknown, but 'he' is a common default). 'My' changes to 'his'. • The simple present tense 'visit' changes to simple past 'visited' because the reporting verb 'said' is in the past tense. This is a habitual action, but the general rule of tense change applies unless it's a universal truth.

Choose the correct indirect speech for: My neighbor said, "I often visit my relatives in the village."

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