Multiple choice

Directions: Convert the given statement into indirect speech.

He said, “I came here long time ago.”

  1. He said that he came here long time ago.

  2. He said that he had come there long time before.

  3. He said that he had come there long time ago.

  4. He said that he came here long time before.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The sentence in simple past changes into past perfect tense as the reporting verb is also in simple past. The pronoun of the sentence changes into third person as the speaker is third person. The timing word ‘ago’ changes into ‘before’.

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