Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
"Our teacher returned from Mumbai last month", she said.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct option is: She said that their teacher had returned from Mumbai the previous month.
The other options are incorrect:
- She said that her teacher had returned from Mumbai the earlier month. This is incorrect because the speaker is referring to their teacher, not their own teacher.
- Her teacher returned from Mumbai last month, she said. This is incorrect because it is direct speech, not indirect speech.
- She said that their teacher returned from Mumbai the previous month. This is incorrect because the reporting verb should be "said".