Question

The lady said ," I saw the culprit " . Change into reported speech.

• A. The lady said that she had saw the culprit.
• B. The lady said that she had seen the culprit.
• C. The lady said that she saw the culprit.
• D. None of these.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. The lady said that she had seen the culprit.

• "Saw" is the past tense of "see," but when reporting someone's speech in the past, we usually change the tense to past perfect ("had seen") to maintain sequence of tenses.
• "Had seen" is the past perfect tense, which is appropriate here because the action (seeing the culprit) happened before the reporting verb "said."
• Therefore, the correct choice is: "The lady said that she had seen the culprit."