Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

The yoga instructor said to us, “Doing yoga daily will help you to develop a healthy mind and body."

Options:

The yoga instructor said to us that daily yoga will help us to develop a healthy mind and body.

The yoga instructor was told them that daily yoga would help them to develop a healthy mind and body.

The yoga instructor said to us that doing daily yoga will be helping us to develop a healthy mind and body.

The yoga instructor told us that doing yoga daily would help us to develop a healthy mind and body.

Correct Answer:

The yoga instructor told us that doing yoga daily would help us to develop a healthy mind and body.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

The yoga instructor told us that doing yoga daily would help us to develop a healthy mind and body.

The other options are incorrect:

  • The yoga instructor said to us that daily yoga will help us to develop a healthy mind and body. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the present tense, but the speaker is talking about something that happened in the past.
  • The yoga instructor was told them that daily yoga would help them to develop a healthy mind and body. This is incorrect because the reporting verb is "was told", which is used for indirect speech, but the speaker is not talking about someone else being told something.
  • The yoga instructor said to us that doing daily yoga will be helping us to develop a healthy mind and body. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the present progressive tense, which is used for actions that are happening now.