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Q: Choose the option in which the Narration of the following sentence has been correctly changed:'I am feeling sleepy now,'Ram said to Rita.
  • A. Ram told Rita that he is feeling sleepy now.
  • B. Ram told Rita that he was feeling sleepy then
  • C. Ram told Rita that he was sleeping then.
  • D. Ram informed Rita that he would sleep than.
Correct Answer: Option B - Reported speech of the above sentence is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rule - 1. Reporting verb 'said to' changed into 'told'. 2. Conjunction 'that' is used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma.' 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct sentence is- Ram told Rita that he was feeling sleepy then.
B. Reported speech of the above sentence is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rule - 1. Reporting verb 'said to' changed into 'told'. 2. Conjunction 'that' is used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma.' 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct sentence is- Ram told Rita that he was feeling sleepy then.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above sentence is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rule - 1. Reporting verb 'said to' changed into 'told'. 2. Conjunction 'that' is used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma.' 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct sentence is- Ram told Rita that he was feeling sleepy then.