Question

Kannan said, "I wrote a letter".

• A. Kannan said that he had written a letter
• B. Kannan said that he has written a letter
• C. Kannan said that he had been writing a letter
• D. Kannan said that he wrote a letter

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Kannan said that he had written a letter

When transforming direct speech into reported speech in the past, you change the tense of the verb from the past simple ("wrote") to the past perfect ("had written") to convey that the action took place before the reporting verb ("said").