Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Latika said to him, " I got a hefty discount on this television."

Options:

Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on that television.

Latika told him that she is getting a hefty discount on that television.

Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.

Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on this television.

Correct Answer:

Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

Latika told him that she had got a hefty discount on that television.

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

  • Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on that television. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "has."
  • Latika told him that she is getting a hefty discount on that television. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "is."
  • Latika told him that she has got a hefty discount on this television. - This sentence does not change the demonstrative pronoun "this" to "that."