Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

The teacher said to me, “You have not submitted the assignment.”

Options:

The teacher said me that I had not submitted the assignment.

The teacher told me that I had not submitted the assignment.

The teacher said to me that I have not submitted the assignment.

The teacher told to me that I have not submitted that assignment.

Correct Answer:

The teacher told me that I had not submitted the assignment.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

The teacher told me that I had not submitted the assignment.

The other options are incorrect:

  • The teacher said me that I had not submitted the assignment. - This is incorrect because the pronoun "me" is in the accusative case, but it should be in the nominative case in this context.
  • The teacher said to me that I have not submitted the assignment. - This is incorrect because the verb "have submitted" in the reported speech is in the present perfect tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.
  • The teacher told to me that I have not submitted that assignment. - This is incorrect because the preposition "to" is unnecessary in this context.