A sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect Speech. Out of the four given alternatives, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct Speech. Ram said, “I have cleared the clutter.”

Explanation

The given question is: Ram said, “I have cleared the clutter.” Here the reporting verb is ‘said’ which is in past tense and the verb to be reported is ‘have cleared’. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb to be reported too should be converted into past. It must be ‘had cleared’ instead of ‘have cleared’ as it is converted into past form. “I” here refers to Ram and so instead of ‘I” we have to use the third-person singular pronoun ‘he’. In between the reporting element and the part to be reported, we must use the connector ‘that’. It must be ‘Ram said that he had cleared the clutter.’