Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Out of the options select the one which best expresses the following sentence in Indirect Speech:

The daughter said to her mother, "They have not returned the keys".

Options:

The daughter told her mother that they had not returned the keys.

The daughter had told mother that they have not returned the keys.

The daughter told mother that they are not returning the keys.

The daughter informed mother that they had not return the keys.

Correct Answer:

The daughter told her mother that they had not returned the keys.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (1) → The daughter told her mother that they had not returned the keys.