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    Question

    Change the following sentence into reported speech and

    mark the correct option among the choices given: I said to him, “ your brother is a brave boy”.
    A I told him that his brother was a brave boy. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B I told him that your brother was a brave boy. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C I asked him that his brother is a brave boy. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D I inquired him that his brother is a brave boy. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Change the reporting verb ("said" in the direct speech) to "told" because it's more appropriate for reporting what one person said to another. Introduce the reporting clause with "that" to indicate that you are reporting what was said. Adjust the pronoun to reflect the perspective of the person you are reporting to. In this case, "him" in the direct speech remains "him" in the reported speech. Change the tense of the verb in the reported speech to match the tense used by the original speaker. "is" in the direct speech becomes "was" in the reported speech because it's indirect speech.

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