Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Choose the option that is the indirect form of the sentence.

Lokesh said, “I am very busy this week”.

Options:

Lokesh said that I am very busy that week.

Lokesh said that he was very busy that week.

Lokesh said that he are very busy this week.

Lokesh said that I am very busy this week.

Correct Answer:

Lokesh said that he was very busy that week.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the sentence is:

Lokesh said that he was very busy that week.

The other options are incorrect:

  • Lokesh said that I am very busy that week. This is incorrect because the speaker is talking about themselves, so we use the pronoun "he" instead of "I".
  • Lokesh said that he are very busy this week. This is incorrect because the pronoun "he" should be singular, not plural.
  • Lokesh said that he was very busy this week. This is incorrect because the reported speech should be in the past tense, not the present tense.