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Direction: In each of the following questions, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech.

  1. She said, “My sister was here ten days ago, but she is not here now”.
    1. She said that her sister was here ten days ago, but she was not there then.
    2. She said that her sister had been there ten days before but she was not there then.
    3. She told that her sister had been there ten days before, but she has not been there
      then.
    4. She informed that her sister was there ten days before but she was not there then.
Correct Option: B

She said that her sister had been there ten days before but she was not there then. (Indirect)
that ⇒ Conj.
was (S. Past) ⇒ had been (Past Per.)
here ⇒ there
ago ⇒ before
now ⇒ then



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