Change into Indirect Speech.
The teacher said to me, "You have done well in the examinations".
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → The teacher informed me that I had done well in the examinations.
Statement in indirect speech:
| Change | Direct | Indirect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting verb | said to me, “ | informed me that | “Said to me” becomes “told me” or “informed me”, keeping the listener. A statement is joined with “that”. |
| Pronoun change | You | I | “You” (meaning me, the listener) becomes “I”. |
| Tense change | have done | had done | The present perfect “have done” becomes the past perfect “had done”. |
| Full sentence | The teacher said to me, “You have done well in the examinations”. | The teacher informed me that I had done well in the examinations. |
Example: She said to him, “You have won the prize.” → She told him that he had won the prize.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: The teacher told you have done well in the examinations. — Incorrect. It leaves out the listener after "told", keeps "you" and "have done" unchanged and drops "that".
Option 2: The teacher informed you have done well in the examinations. — Incorrect. It has the same faults: "you" and "have done" are not changed, and "that" is missing.
Option 4: The teacher told me that I have done well in the examinations. — Incorrect. After the past reporting verb "told", the present perfect must move back to the past perfect: "had done", not "have done".