Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The librarian said to her, “You can borrow only two books at a time.”
Option 1: The librarian told her that she could borrow only two books at a time.
Option 2: The librarian told her that they could borrow only two books at a time.
Option 3: The librarian told her that you can borrow only two books at a time.
Option 4: The librarian told her that she can borrow only two books at a time.
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Correct Answer: The librarian told her that she could borrow only two books at a time.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "said" is changed to "told".
- The conjunction "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
- The second-person pronoun is changed to the third-person pronoun "she".
- The modal verb "can" is changed to its past form, "could".
Therefore, the correct sentence would be: "The librarian told her that she could borrow only two books at a time."
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