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Q: Lalita said, "I can cook a quick meal." Choose the option in which the speech in the above sentence has been correctly changed into Indirect Speech.
  • A. Lalita declared that she can cook a quick meal.
  • B. Lalita claimed that she could cook a quick meal.
  • C. Lalita said that I can cook a quick meal.
  • D. Lalita told that she could cook a quick meal.
Correct Answer: Option B - Reported speech of the above direct speech is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said' will be changed into 'claimed' according to the sense of the reported speech. 2. Conjunction 'that' will be, used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma.' 3. According to the narration rules, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct indirect speech- Lalita claimed that she could cook a quick meal.
B. Reported speech of the above direct speech is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said' will be changed into 'claimed' according to the sense of the reported speech. 2. Conjunction 'that' will be, used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma.' 3. According to the narration rules, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct indirect speech- Lalita claimed that she could cook a quick meal.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct speech is in assertive sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said' will be changed into 'claimed' according to the sense of the reported speech. 2. Conjunction 'that' will be, used in the place of 'comma and inverted comma.' 3. According to the narration rules, tense and pronoun will be changed. The correct indirect speech- Lalita claimed that she could cook a quick meal.