Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.The vet said t…

The correct answer is Option (3) → The vet told Raju that his goat had swallowed a plastic bag the day before.

Changing a simple past statement into indirect speech:

Change	Direct	Indirect	Why
Reporting verb	said to Raju	told Raju	A listener, Raju, is named. So “said to” becomes “told”.
Joining word	“ ” (quotation marks)	that	“That” joins the reported statement.
Tense change	swallowed	had swallowed	“Swallowed” is in the simple past. The simple past is formed with the past form of the verb (V2). After the past “said” it moves one step back to the past perfect “had swallowed”. The past perfect is formed with had + past participle (V3).
Pronoun change	Your	his	The vet spoke to Raju. So “your goat” becomes “his goat”.
Time word	yesterday	the day before	The words are reported later, so “yesterday” becomes “the day before” (or “the previous day”).
Full sentence	The vet said to Raju, “Your goat swallowed a plastic bag yesterday.”	The vet told Raju that his goat had swallowed a plastic bag the day before.

Other time words change in the same way: today → that day, tomorrow → the next day, last night → the night before. Example: Gita said, “I met Asha last night.” → Gita said that she had met Asha the night before.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: The vet told Raju that his goat has swallowed a plastic bag the day before. — Incorrect. “Has swallowed” is a present form. The simple past “swallowed” moves back to “had swallowed”.

Option 2: The vet told Raju that his goat had swallowed a plastic bag yesterday. — Incorrect. “Yesterday” is kept. In a later report it becomes “the day before”.

Option 4: The vet told Raju that your goat had swallowed a plastic bag the day before. — Incorrect. “Your” is kept from the spoken words. The vet spoke to Raju, so it becomes “his”.