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Rani says “I am very fine” (Change into indirect speech):

ARani said that she was very fine

BRani says that she was very fine

CRani says that she is very fine

DRani said that she is very fine

Answer:

C. Rani says that she is very fine

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In indirect speech, we usually change the tense of what someone said to match the tense of the reporting verb. If the original sentence is in the present, like "I am very fine," and we use a past-tense reporting verb, we change it to past tense, like "Rani said that she was very fine." But if both the original sentence and the reporting verb are in the present, we don't change the tense, like "Rani says that she is very fine" (the statement is still in the present tense because the reporting verb "says" is also in the present tense). This is known as the "backshift of tenses" in indirect speech. അതായത്, Reported Speech ൽ അടിസ്ഥാന കാര്യങ്ങളിൽ ഒന്നാണല്ലോ Tense ൽ വരുന്ന മാറ്റം. എന്നാൽ ചില സന്ദർഭങ്ങളിൽ Tense ൽ മാറ്റങ്ങൾ വരുത്തേണ്ടതില്ല. 'Say', 'says' and 'will say' എന്നിവ റിപ്പോർട്ടിങ് വെർബുകളായി ഉപയോഗിക്കുമ്പോൾ വാക്യത്തിൻ്റെ കാലത്തിൽ (Tense) മാറ്റം വരുത്തേണ്ടതില്ല. യഥാർത്ഥ വാക്യവും റിപ്പോർട്ടിംഗ് ക്രിയയും വർത്തമാന കാലഘട്ടത്തിലായിരിക്കുമ്പോൾ (present tense), റിപ്പോർട്ടുചെയ്‌ത സംഭാഷണത്തിൻ്റെ Tense മാറ്റില്ല. Indirect speechൽ ഇത് "backshift of tenses" എന്നറിയപ്പെടുന്നു.


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Choose the correct option for the reported speech:

Direct speech: "I won't be able to attend the meeting," she said.