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    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. I said to Prachi, “I visited Maldives last week.”
    Question

    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
    I said to Prachi, “I visited Maldives last week.”

    A.

    I told Prachi that I had visited Maldives last week.

    B.

    I told Prachi that I have visited Maldives the previous week.

    C.

    I told Prachi that I had visited Maldives the previous week.

    D.

    I told Prachi that I visited Maldives last week.

    Correct option is C

    The correct indirect form of the sentence is (c) "I told Prachi that I had visited Maldives the previous week." This maintains the correct tense shift from direct to indirect speech.
    Rules for converting direct speech to indirect speech-
    · When the reporting verb of direct speech is in past tense then all the present tenses are changed to the corresponding past tense in indirect speech. 
    · In indirect speech, tenses  do not change if the words used within the quotes (‘’) talk of a habitual action or universal truth.
    · The  tenses of direct speech do not change if the reporting verb is in the  future tense or  present tense
    · Reporting verbs such as ‘said/ said to’ changes to said, told.
    · Comma inverted comma will be replaced with conjunction “That”.
    · The  first person in direct speech  changes as per the subject of the speech.
    · The  second person of direct speech  changes as per the object of reporting speech.
    · The  third person of direct speech  doesn’t change.
    · “Last week” changes to “the previous week”.

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