Question
Verbal Ability & Reading Comprehension (VARC) Question on Sentence Correction
You are required to convert the sentence given in the questions into indirect speech.
"You can't bathe in this sea," he said to me, "it's very rough".
A
He said that I can't bathe in this sea because it's very rough
B
He said that you couldn't bathe in the sea if it was very rough
C
He said that I couldn't bathe in that sea as it was very rough.
D
He said that you can't bathe in this sea since it was very rough.
Answer
He said that I couldn't bathe in that sea as it was very rough.
Explanation
Solution
The correct option is (C):He said that I couldn't bathe in that sea as it was very rough.