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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.

What is the correct answer?

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Mrs. Shankar said, I know what it is to be depressed.

A. Mrs. Shankar is depressed she said.

B. Mrs. Shankar said that she was knowing what it was to be depressed.

C. Mrs. Shankar said that she knew what it was to be depressed.

D. Mrs. Shankar knows what it is to be depressed.

Correct Answer :

C. Mrs. Shankar said that she knew what it was to be depressed.


The pronoun I of the sentence is converted to she and the direct speech which is in present tense gets converted into past tense.

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