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Choose the best option of indirect speech for the sentence given:-

Sanjeev said, "I bought a saree for my mother."

A. Sanjeev said that he had bought a saree for his mother.

B. Sanjeev said that he was buying a saree for his mother.

C. Sanjeev said that he had been buying a saree for his mother.

D. Sanjeev said that he will be buy a saree for his mother.

Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

Solution

Correct Option: 3

The reporting verb is in past tense (said), so the simple past bought in direct speech shifts to past perfect had bought in indirect speech. Hence: Sanjeev said that he had bought a saree for his mother.

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