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A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in indirect speech: He said, “I have completed the manuscript.”

1. He said that he has completed the manuscript.
2. He said that he had completed the manuscript.
3. He said he completed the manuscript.
4. He said that he was completing the manuscript.

Correct answer: He said that he had completed the manuscript.

Solution

In indirect speech, the present perfect tense 'have completed' generally changes to past perfect 'had completed' when the reporting verb is in the past tense. The pronoun 'I' also changes to 'he'.

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