Question

Directions (Q. Nos. 86 to 90) : Convert the following into indirect speech. ‘‘I never eat meat’’, he explained.

• A. He told that he had not eaten meat.
• B. He said that he had not taken meat.
• C. He explained that he never ate meat.
• D. More than one of the above
• E. None of the above

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Conjunction 'That' will be used. Pronoun ‘I’ will be changed into ‘he’. (Reported speech (tense changed) Present Indefinite into Past Indefinite) Hence, option (c) is correct.