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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Miranda said to her teacher, “I was sick for a day.”

Options:

Miranda told her teacher that she has been sick for a day.

Miranda told her teacher that she is sick for a day.

Miranda told her teacher that she was sick for a day.

Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day.

Correct Answer:

Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day.

The other options are incorrect:

Miranda told her teacher that she has been sick for a day. - This is incorrect because the verb "has been" in the reported speech is in the present perfect tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.
Miranda told her teacher that she is sick for a day. - This is incorrect because the verb "is" in the reported speech is in the present tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.