Direction: A sentence has been given in Direct /Indirect. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct.
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He said to me, “I grew these carrots myself.”
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- He told me that he had grown those carrots himself.
- He told me that he grew those carrots himself.
- He told me I grew these carrots myself.
- He told me that he grew these carrots himself.
Correct Option: A
When the sentence is converted from direct speech to indirect speech, the pronoun ‘I’ is converted to ‘he’ and the simple past tense gets itself converted into past perfect tense.
