Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.

I said to the bank manager, "I have forgotten my account number."

Options:

I told the bank manager that I had forgotten my account number.

I said to the bank manager that I have forgotten his account number.

I said to the bank manager that he had forgotten his account number.

I informed the bank manager that I forgot the account number.

Correct Answer:

I told the bank manager that I had forgotten my account number.

Explanation:

The correct option is:

I told the bank manager that I had forgotten my account number.

The other options are incorrect:

  • I said to the bank manager that I have forgotten his account number. This is incorrect because the speaker is talking about their own account number, not the bank manager's account number.
  • I said to the bank manager that he had forgotten his account number. This is incorrect because the speaker is not saying that the bank manager has forgotten their account number.
  • I informed the bank manager that I forgot the account number. This is incorrect because the reporting verb "informed" is used to tell someone something that you know, not something that you have forgotten.