Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

My coach said, “You should take a healthy diet.”

Options:

My coach told me that I should have taken a healthy diet.

My coach told me that I should take a healthy diet.

My coach told me that you should take a healthy diet.

My coach told me that I shall take a healthy diet.

Correct Answer:

My coach told me that I should take a healthy diet.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is: My coach told me that I should take a healthy diet.

The other options are incorrect:

  • "My coach told me that I should have taken a healthy diet." is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect. The indirect speech sentence should be in the present tense, not the past perfect tense.
  • "My coach told me that you should take a healthy diet." is incorrect because the pronoun is incorrect. The speaker is reporting what the coach said to them, so the pronoun should be "I" not "you".
  • "My coach told me that I shall take a healthy diet." is incorrect because the modal verb is incorrect. In indirect speech, we retain the modal verb when reporting advice or suggestions, but the modal verb "shall" is not typically used in modern English.