Indicate the indirect form. Saleem said, “I do not eat mangoes”.

Indicate the indirect form. Saleem said, “I do not eat mangoes”.

  • (A) Saleem said, he did not eat mangoes
  • (B) Saleem said that he did not eat mangoes
  • (C) Saleem said that he does not eat mangoes
  • (D) Saleem exclaimed that he does not eat mangoes
  • Since the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, the tense of the reported speech must change from the Present Indefinite ("do not eat") to the Past Indefinite ("did not eat").
  • Pronoun Change: The first-person pronoun "I" changes to the third-person pronoun "he" to match the subject of the reporting verb, Saleem.
  • Conjunction: The conjunction "that" is typically added to connect the reporting clause with the reported clause in indirect speech.
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