The sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Select the option which best represents the Indirect/Direct speech of the given sentence.Rahul said, "I can buy that watch."OptionsRahul said that he can buy that watch.Rahul said that he was able to buy that watch.Rahul said that he can be buy that watch.Rahul said that he could buy that watch.
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The sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Select the option which best represents the Indirect/Direct speech of the given sentence.Rahul said, "I can buy that watch."OptionsRahul said that he can buy that watch.Rahul said that he was able to buy that watch.Rahul said that he can be buy that watch.Rahul said that he could buy that watch.
Solution
The correct option is: Rahul said that he could buy that watch.
Here's the step by step explanation:
- The given sentence is in Direct Speech where Rahul is the speaker.
- In the sentence, Rahul is expressing his ability to buy the watch. The modal verb expressing ability in the present tense is 'can'.
- When we convert this into Indirect Speech, we need to change the tense of the verb according to the reporting verb. Here, the reporting verb 'said' is in the past tense. Therefore, the present tense 'can' changes to past tense 'could'.
- So, the correct Indirect Speech of the sentence "Rahul said, "I can buy that watch."" is "Rahul said that he could buy that watch."
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