Test: Type III (Narration) - Bank Exams MCQ

Option (d) involves a complex change in narration, as it requires a change in tense from past perfect continuous to past perfect, a change in pronoun from "we" to "she," and a change in reporting verb from "said" to "said that."

Option (a) involves a change in modality from "can" to "could" in indirect narration, as the original statement is being reported in a more tentative or conditional form.

Option (c) involves a change in reported speech from the present tense to the past tense, which is used to report habitual or repeated actions in the past.

Option (a) can be changed to direct speech as "I studied for the exam," which involves a change in tense from past perfect to simple past and a change in pronoun from third person singular to first person singular.

In indirect narration, both the tense and the pronoun can change to reflect the shift from the original speaker's point of view to the reporter's point of view. In this case, option (b) is an example of a change in both tense (from present tense to past tense) and pronoun (from "he" to "she") in indirect narration.

In indirect narration, tense, pronoun, and reporting verb can all change to reflect the shift from the original speaker's point of view to the reporter's point of view. In this case, option (c) is an example of a change in tense (from future tense to past tense), pronoun (from first person to second person), and reporting verb (from "said" to "was told") in indirect narration.

In indirect narration, modal verbs can change to reflect the shift from the original speaker's point of view to the reporter's point of view. In this case, option (c) is an example of a change in modal verb (from "should" to "said") and word order (from subject-verb-object to object-subject-verb) in indirect narration.

When changing questions from direct to indirect speech, we often use "if" or "whether" to introduce the reported clause.

When changing questions from direct to indirect speech, the verb tense typically shifts back to match the tense of the reporting verb, and the word order changes to that of a statement. In this case, "Where have you been?" becomes "where I had been."

Indirect speech (or reported speech) is when the meaning of a speaker's words is conveyed without quoting them directly.