Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Roshan said to me, "Sandeep made a new year greeting card for his teacher".
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
Roshan told me that Sandeep had made a new year greeting card for his teacher.
The other options are incorrect:
- "Roshan was saying that Sandeep made a new year greeting card for his teacher." This is incorrect because the reporting verb "was saying" is in the imperfect tense. This means that the reported statement is describing an action that was happening at the same time as the reporting verb. However, the reported statement is describing an action that happened in the past.
- "Roshan said Sandeep had made a new year greeting card for his teacher." This is incorrect because it does not include the reporting verb "told".
- "Sandeep made a new year greeting card for his teacher said Roshan." This is incorrect because it is a direct form of speech, not an indirect form.