Question

Choose the correct indirect speech from the options given.

a) Veena said to Nitin, “You are very ambitious.”

i) Veena told Nitin that he is very ambitious.

ii) Veena told Nitin he is being very ambitious.

iii) Veena told Nitin that he was very ambitious.

iv) Veena told Nitin that he was being very ambitious.

b) Julie said, “ I and my friends watched the movie last night.”

i) Julie said that she and her friends had watched the movie the previous night.

ii) Julie said that she and her friends had watched the movie that night.

iii) Julie said that she and her friends watched the movie last night.

iv) Julie said that she and her friends had watched the movie that night.

c) The policeman said to the thief, “ I am keeping a close watch on your movements.”

i) The policeman told the thief that they were keeping a close watch on their movements.

ii) The policeman told the thief that he was keeping a close watch on his movements.

iii) The policeman told the thief that they were keeping a close watch on his movements.

iv) The policeman told the thief that he was keeping a close watch on their movements.

Answer 1

a)i) Veena told Nitin that he was very ambitious

b)i) Julie said that she and her friends had watched the movie the previous night

c)ii) The policeman told the thief that he was keeping a close watch on his movements

Step-by-step explanation:

The indirect speech is reported speech.