Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Anita said to the mother, "Your child has been crying since morning." 

Options:

Anita told the mother that her child was crying since morning.

Anita told the mother that her child had been crying since morning.

Anita told the mother that her child had been cry since morning.

Anita told the mother that your child had been crying since morning.

Correct Answer:

Anita told the mother that her child had been crying since morning.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

Anita told the mother that her child had been crying since morning.

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

  • Anita told the mother that her child was crying since morning. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "was."
  • Anita told the mother that her child had been cry since morning. - This sentence does not change the infinitive "to cry" to the past participle "crying."
  • Anita told the mother that your child had been crying since morning. - This sentence does not change the second person pronoun "your" to the third person pronoun "her."