Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

“I have been to my native village far from here”, She told me.

Options:

She asked me that she has been to her native village far from there.

She told me that she had been to her native village far from there.

She told me that she has been to her native village far from here.

She told me that she have been to her native village far from here.

Correct Answer:

She told me that she had been to her native village far from there.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

She told me that she had been to her native village far from there.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

  • She asked me that she has been to her native village far from there. - The reporting verb "asked" is not appropriate in this context, as the speaker is telling the listener about something that has already happened.
  • She told me that she has been to her native village far from here. - The present perfect tense verb "has been" is not appropriate in indirect speech, as the speaker is reporting what was said in the past.
  • She told me that she have been to her native village far from here. - The verb "have" is missing the helping verb "to".