Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct change of narration. Lucy said, “I have had three cars.”

  1. Lucy asked that she has had three cars.

  2. Lucy explained that she has three cars.

  3. Lucy said that she had had three cars.

  4. Lucy told that she have had three cars.

  5. Dummy

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C Correct answer
Explanation

In assertive sentences like this, 'said' remains unchanged and is followed by 'that'. If the Reported verb is in the past tense and the Reported speech is in the present, the reported speech (while change of narration) converts into the past. Subject 'I' become 'She'. Hence, option 3.