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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The teacher said, “She had started the fight”.

  1. A
    The teacher complained that she has started the fight.
  2. B
    The teacher said that she had started the fight.
  3. C
    The teacher ordered that she had started the fight,
  4. D
    The teacher said that she has started the fight.

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

When converting a sentence from direct to indirect speech, if the reporting verb is in the past tense ("said") and the tense inside the inverted commas is already in the Past Perfect tense ("had started"), the tense remains unchanged in reported speech.
Direct: The teacher said, “She had started the fight”.

Indirect: The teacher said that she had started the fight.

Therefore, Option B is correct.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The teacher said, “She had started the fight”.
A
The teacher complained that she has started the fight.
B
The teacher said that she had started the fight.
C
The teacher ordered that she had started the fight,
D
The teacher said that she has started the fight.

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