Direct & Indirect Speech · Question 21 · Medium

Choose the correct indirect speech form of the sentence: She said, "I was ill last week."

  1. She said that she had been ill the previous week.
  2. She said that she has been ill the previous week.
  3. She said that she had been ill the next week.
  4. She said that she was ill last week.
Answer and explanation

Answer: A. She said that she had been ill the previous week.

Explanation: Simple past changes to past perfect, and 'last week' becomes 'the previous week'.

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