Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
Rucha said, “The sale ended yesterday.”
Option 1: Rucha said that the sale had ended yesterday.
Option 2: Rucha said that the sale ended the day before.
Option 3: Rucha said that the sale had ended the previous day.
Option 4: Rucha said that the sale ended already.
Correct Answer:
Rucha said that the sale had ended the previous day.
Solution :
The correct answer is option 3.
Rucha said that the sale had ended the previous day.
Explanation:
The direct sentence is in the simple past tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.
Yesterday will change into the previous day.
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Simple Past (Subject + V2 + Object) |
Past Perfect (Subject + had + V3 + Object) |




