Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Vaibhav said to the captain, "We have to win this game".
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
Vaibhav told the captain that they had to win that game.
The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:
- Vaibhav said to the captain that we have to win that game. The reporting verb "said" should be in the past tense, "told".
- Vaibhav said to the captain that we had to win that game. This is a direct quote of Vaibhav's words. In indirect speech, the statement is reported as a subordinate clause.
- Vaibhav told the captain, that they had to win that game. The comma after "captain" is unnecessary.