REPORTED SPEECH-7

1. Keats wrote, “A thing of beauty is a joy for ever.”

(a) Keats said that a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

(b) Keats wrote that a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

(c) Keats wrote a thing of beauty was a joy for ever.

(d) Keats exclaimed that a thing of beauty is a joy for ever.

B

2. Arun said, “Charity begins at home.”

(a) Arun said that charity began at home.

(b) Arun stated that charity begins at home.

(c) Arun was sure that charity began at home.

(d) Arun doubted if charity began at home.

B
3. The teacher said, “India became independent in 1947.”

(a) The teacher said that India became independent in 1947.

(b) The teacher said that India had became independent in 1947.

(c) The teacher said that India had become independent in 1947.

(d) The teacher said that India has become independent in 1947.
A

4. My brother said to me, “The earth revolves around the sun.”

(a) My brother told me that the earth revolved around the sun.

(b) My brother told me that the earth had revolved around the sun.

(c) My brother told me that the earth has revolved around the sun.

(d) My brother told me that the earth revolves around the sun.

D