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    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. You said, “Priya kept watching television till her mother exploded at her.”
    Question

    Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
    You said, “Priya kept watching television till her mother exploded at her.”

    A.

    You said that Priya kept watching television till her mother exploded at her.

    B.

    You said that Priya had kept watching television till her mother exploded at her.

    C.

    You said that Priya kept watching television till her mother had exploded at her.

    D.

    You said that Priya had kept watching television till her mother had exploded at her.

    Correct option is A

    The correct indirect form is (a) “You said that Priya kept watching television till her mother exploded at her.”
    Direct speech- Direct speech, also known as quoted speech or direct quotation, is a way of reporting someone's exact words.
    Indirect speech- Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect quotation, is a way of reporting someone's words or thoughts indirectly, without using their exact words.
    The tense of speech does not change-
    · If the sentence is in  Past tense, the form of tense doesn’t change when it is used in the  time clause.
    · One way of identifying the time clause is that the Time clause always begins with the following:
    · When
    · Till
    · Whenever
    · While
    · As
    · Since
    · After
    · Before
    · Until
    · As soon as
    · For example:
    · Ayush told me that when he saw him, he was working.
    · Ayush said to me, “When I saw him, he was working”

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