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NDA 2 2025 GAT, question 6

Topic: Direct and indirect speech

Directions · Q6 to Q8

The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech, followed by four options. One of the options correctly converts the direct speech into indirect speech. Select the most appropriate option and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet.

Q6

Convert from direct into indirect speech.

Ayushi said to the group, “We have had enough of suffering today. It is time to march forward.”

  1. (a) Ayushi told the group that they had had enough of suffering that day and it was time to march forwardCorrect answer
  2. (b) Ayushi asked the group that they had had enough of suffering this day and it was time to march forward
  3. (c) Ayushi told the group that they had enough of suffering and that it is time to march forward
  4. (d) Ayushi told the group that we had had enough of suffering this day and it was time to march forward

Solution.

Answer: (a) Ayushi told the group that they had had enough of suffering that day and it was time to march forward

  1. With past reporting, “have had” backshifts to “had had”, “today” becomes “that day”, and “is” becomes “was”.
  2. “Told the group” appropriately reports a statement; “asked” would change its function.
  3. These changes are all present in (a).