2020 · Q117
In this section two sentences are given and you are required to find the correct sentence which combines both the sentences.
"Those who sowed the seeds last season will reap the harvest this season," said the leader to her followers.
Choose the correct indirect speech.
EnglishCorrelating Sentences
- AThe leader said to her followers that those who sowed the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest that season.
- BThe leader addressed her followers that those who have sown the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest this season.
- CThe leader addressed her followers that those who had sown the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest that season.
- DThe leader advised her followers that those who sow the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest this season.
Explanation
'Those who sowed... will reap' becomes 'those who had sown the seeds the previous season would reap the harvest that season' — option C. A keeps 'said to,' B keeps 'this season' and misuses the perfect, and D uses the present 'sow.'