Direction.
A sentence has been given in Direct /Indirect. Out of the fouralternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct and mark your answer in the Answer Sheet.
He said to me, I grew these carrots myself.
He told me that he had grown those carrots himself.
He told me that he grew those carrots himself.
He told me I grew these carrots myself.
He told me that he grew these carrots himself.
Correct Answer :
A. He told me that he had grown those carrots himself.
When the sentence is converted from direct speech to indirect speech, the pronoun I is converted to he and the simple past tense gets itself converted into past perfect tense.
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