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'I'll have a cup of tea,' my father said, 'Because I'm not hungry.'
Which of the following sentence is the correct indirect speech?
- My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.
- My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.
- My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.সঠিক উত্তর
- My father said that he had a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.
উত্তর: (গ) My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry.
ব্যাখ্যা
Indirect speech-এ reporting clause সবসময় বাক্যের প্রথমে বসে। Reporting verb past tense (said) হওয়ায় reported speech-ও past tense হয়।
- Direct speech-এর will → would
- am → was
Indirect speech: My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he was not hungry.