Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

You said, “I scored four goals.”

Options:

You said that I had scored four goals.

You said that you scored four goals.

You said that you have scored four goals.

You said that you had scored four goals.

Correct Answer:

You said that you had scored four goals.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

You said that you had scored four goals.

The other options are incorrect:

  • You said that I had scored four goals. This is incorrect because the speaker is talking about themselves scoring four goals, not you.
  • You said that you scored four goals. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the past tense, not the present tense.
  • You said that you have scored four goals. This is incorrect because the reported speech is describing an action that happened before the reporting verb, so we use the past perfect tense, not the present perfect tense.