Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. “Everything is going to be alright,” said the doctor.
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The correct answer is “The doctor said that everything was going to be alright”.
Solution:
The given sentence - “Everything is going to be alright,” said the doctor, is a direct speech.
The basic rule to change direct speech into indirect speech - remove commas and inverted comma and add ‘that’ instead of this.
The given sentence is present continuous tense and it will be changed into past continuous tense.
Present continuous tense - subject + is + verb I form + ing + object
Past continuous tense - subject + was + verb I form + ing + object
Hence the indirect speech of the sentence “Everything is going to be alright,” said the doctor is The doctor said that everything was going to be alright.
Hence the correct answer is option C.
सही उत्तर है “The doctor said that everything was going to be alright”.
समाधान:
दिया गया वाक्य -“Everything is going to be alright,” said the doctor,, एक direct speech है।
direct speech को indirect speech में बदलने का मूल नियम - commas और inverted comma को हटाकर इसके स्थान पर 'that' लगा दें।
दिया गया वाक्य present continuous tense है और इसे past continuous tense में बदल दिया जाएगा।
Present continuous tense - subject + is + verb I form + ing + object
Past continuous tense - subject + was + verb I form + ing + object
“Everything is going to be alright,” said the doctor का indirect speech - The doctor said that everything was going to be alright.
अतः सही उत्तर विकल्प C है।