Question
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) Question on Verbal Ability
Convert the sentence given in the question into INDIRECT SPEECH.
Raju said, 'Bravo! You have done well.
A
Raju applauded him, saying that he has done well
B
Raju applauded him, saying that he have done well
C
Raju applauded him, saying that he had done well
D
Raju applauded him, saying that he would done well
Answer
Raju applauded him, saying that he had done well
Explanation
Solution
We have to convert the direct speech sentence "Raju said, 'Bravo! You have done well.'" into indirect speech, we need to change the present perfect tense "have done" to the past perfect tense "had done."
So sentence will look like: "Raju applauded him, saying that he had done well."
Therefore, The correct option is (C).