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Fill in the blanks with the correct option.
Q. She said that no one _____ to the meeting last week.
  • a)
    has come
  • b)
    had come
  • c)
    is coming
  • d)
    are coming
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?

Mainak Yadav answered
Explanation:
The correct answer is option B, "had come".

Explanation:
The sentence "She said that no one _____ to the meeting last week" is in reported speech. In reported speech, we usually shift the verb tense back one step. This means that if the original sentence had the verb in the present tense, it would be shifted to the past tense in reported speech.

In the original sentence, the verb "come" is in the present perfect tense ("has come"). To shift it back one step to the past tense, we use the past perfect tense ("had come").

Example:
For example, if the original sentence was "No one has come to the meeting last week," in reported speech it would be "She said that no one had come to the meeting last week."

Incorrect options:
Option A, "has come," is incorrect because it is in the present perfect tense, which does not match the tense in the reported speech.

Option C, "is coming," is incorrect because it is in the present continuous tense, which does not match the tense in the reported speech.

Option D, "are coming," is incorrect because it is in the present continuous tense and does not match the tense in the reported speech.

Therefore, the correct answer is option B, "had come," which is in the past perfect tense and matches the tense in the reported speech.

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