Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Kavya said to her husband, "I don't mind being a busy woman."

Options:

Kavya told her husband that she had not mind being a busy woman.

Kavya told her husband that she do not mind being a busy woman.

Kavya said to  her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman.

Kavya told her husband that she did  not mind being a busy woman.

Correct Answer:

Kavya told her husband that she did  not mind being a busy woman.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is: Kavya told her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman.

The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:

  • Kavya told her husband that she had not mind being a busy woman. - This sentence changes the auxiliary verb "did" to "had" in the past tense, which is incorrect.
  • Kavya told her husband that she do not mind being a busy woman. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "do."
  • Kavya said to her husband that she did not mind being a busy woman. - This sentence removes the reporting verb "told," which is necessary in indirect speech.