Question

Appu said, 'My teacher drew the picture'. Change into indirect speech.

• A. Appu said that his teacher drew the picture.
• B. Appu said that his teacher had drawn the picture.
• C. Appu said that his teacher has drawn the picture.
• D. Appu said that his teacher drawn the picture.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Appu said that his teacher had drawn the picture.

• Keep the reporting verb ("said that") to introduce the reported speech.
• Change the pronoun "my" to "his" to reflect the change in perspective from Appu to a third person.
• Change the tense of the verb "drew" to the past perfect, which is "had drawn" to show that it happened in the past.

So, "My teacher drew the picture" becomes "Appu said that his teacher had drawn the picture" in indirect speech.