Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

 

She said “ Two and two is four”.

Options:

He said that two and two are four.

He said that two and two is four.

He said that two and two was four.

He said that two and two were four.

Correct Answer:

He said that two and two is four.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

She said that two and two is four.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

  • He said that two and two are four. The pronoun "he" should be replaced with the pronoun "she", since the speaker of the statement is she.
  • He said that two and two was four. The verb "was" should be in the present tense, "is", since the statement is about a universal truth.
  • He said that two and two were four. The pronoun "he" should be replaced with the pronoun "she", and the verb "were" should be in the present tense, "is".