Multiple choice

Directions: Select the one that best expresses the sentence in indirect/direct speech.

He said to me, “I don't believe you.”

  1. He told me that he didn't believe me.

  2. He told that he didn't believe me.

  3. He said that he didn't believed me.

  4. He told that he didn't believed me.
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Explanation

When the reporting verb is in the past indefinite tense and the reported speech is also in the past tense, we use past perfect tense for the reported speech in indirect narration.

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