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The indirect sentence of: He said, “I cannot drive them home”.

The indirect sentence of: He said, “I cannot drive them home”.

  • (A) He said that he cannot drive them home
  • (B) He said that he could not drive them home
  • (C) He said that he could not drive them home
  • (D) He asked you could not drive them home
  • The correct option is (B) He said that he could not drive them home or (C) He said that he could not drive them home. (Both options are identical and correct).
  • The grammatical changes to convert direct speech to reported speech involve the following:
  • Tense shift: The tense of the speech in quotes is shifted to the past if the speech is reported in the past, e.g., if the speech is reported using the verb "said," the speech in quotes changes from the present tense to the past tense, e.g., "cannot" becomes "could not."
  • Pronoun shift: The pronoun used in the speech in quotes shifts from "I" to "he."
  • Conjunction: The word "that" is used to join the speech in quotes.
  • Punctuation: The speech in quotes is no longer enclosed in quotes, and the comma after the speech verb is omitted.
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