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Q: Change the following sentence from Direct Speech to Indirect Speech. The priest said, 'We are all sinners.'
  • A. The priest said that we are all sinners
  • B. The priest said that we were all sinners
  • C. That we were all sinners the priest said
  • D. The priest said that we have all been sinners
Correct Answer: Option A - Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Conjunction 'that' will be used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma'. 2. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will not changed because the sentence is a universal fact. The correct indirect speech - The priest said that we are all sinners.
A. Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Conjunction 'that' will be used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma'. 2. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will not changed because the sentence is a universal fact. The correct indirect speech - The priest said that we are all sinners.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Conjunction 'that' will be used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma'. 2. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will not changed because the sentence is a universal fact. The correct indirect speech - The priest said that we are all sinners.