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English Language (Defence) Direct/Indirect speech

Directions :
Each item in this section has a direct statement followed by its reported form in indirect speech. Select the correct statement in indirect speech and mark it in the Answer Sheet accordingly.

The preacher said to the crowd, “The Sun rises everyday for all of us without any expectations in return.”

The preacher told the crowd that the Sun rose everyday for all of them without any expectations in return

The preacher told the crowd that the Sun rose everyday for all of us without any expectations in return

The preacher told the crowd that the Sun has risen everyday for all of them without any expectations in return

The preacher told the crowd that the Sun rises everyday for all of them without any expectations in return

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Explanation:

As the information in the direct speech statement is a universal fact thus it remains in simple present tense even after conversion to indirect speech. This only leaves options 2 and 4 possible. Option 2 is eliminated as it uses the phrase ‘all of us.’ So, option 4 is the correct response.