Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

The lawyer said to me, "There is no proof of your involvement in this case."

Options:

The lawyer told that there is no proof of my involvement in that case.

The lawyer told me that there is no proof of your involvement in this case.

The lawyer told me that there was no proof of my involvement in that case.

The lawyer said me that there was no proof of my involvement in this case.

Correct Answer:

The lawyer told me that there was no proof of my involvement in that case.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

The lawyer told me that there was no proof of my involvement in that case.

The other options are incorrect:

  • The lawyer told that there is no proof of my involvement in that case. - This is incorrect because the verb "is" in the reported speech is in the present tense, but the reporting verb "told" is in the past tense.
  • The lawyer told me that there is no proof of your involvement in this case. - This is incorrect because the pronoun "your" in the reported speech refers to the listener, not the speaker.
  • The lawyer said me that there was no proof of my involvement in this case. - This is incorrect because the pronoun "me" is in the accusative case, but it should be in the nominative case in this context.