Multiple choice

Directions: Select the alternative that completes the sentence in indirect narration.

The milk man says, “My cow does not give much milk”. The milk man :

  1. said that his cow does not give much milk

  2. told that his cow does not give much milk

  3. says that his cow does not give much milk

  4. told that his cow do not give much milk
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C Correct answer
Explanation

When the reporting verb is in the present tense (says), the tense of the reported speech remains unchanged. The pronoun my is updated to his to correctly attribute the cow to the milkman in the reported context.

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