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Question 96Asked in BPSC TRE 1.0 (2023) English Class 9-10

The Prince said, ‘‘It gives me great pleasure to be here this evening.’’ (Change into reported speech)

  1. AThe Prince said, it gives me great pleasure to be here this evening.
  2. BThe Prince said, it gave me great pleasure to be here this evening.
  3. CThe Prince said, it had given him great pleasure to be here this evening.
  4. DMore than one of the above
  5. ENone of the above
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Correct answer: (E) None of the above

Explanation

In reported speech the tense moves back, 'this evening' becomes 'that evening' and 'me' becomes 'him'; none of the options does all this correctly, so (E).

From BPSC TRE 1.0 (2023) English Class 9-10 — Previous Year Paper

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