Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
I explained, “I don’t belong here.”
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is: I explained that I did not belong here.
The other options are incorrect:
- "I said that I did not belonged here." is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect. The indirect speech sentence should be in the past tense, not the past perfect tense.
- "I explained that I did not belong there." is incorrect because the pronoun is incorrect. The speaker is reporting what they said, so the pronoun should be "here" not "there".
- "I explained that I do not belong there." is incorrect because the verb tense is incorrect. The indirect speech sentence should be in the past tense, not the present tense.