Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The lawyer said to the witness, "Tell the court what you saw on Saturday night."
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is 'The lawyer asked the witness to tell the court what he had seen on Saturday night.'
Key Points
- The given sentence is an imperative sentence.
- While changing the narration of an imperative sentence, we need to follow these steps -
- The reporting verb 'said' changes to "asked."
- The second person you will be changed into "he"
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The tense of the given sentence is simple past tense (saw) which changes to past perfect tense (had seen).
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"told" option is incorrect because the tense of the sentence given is incorrect.
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