Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Anju said to Vijaya, "You can stay with us whenever you are in Delhi."

Explanation

The correct answer is Anju told Vijaya that she could stay with them whenever she was in Delhi . Key Points The given sentence is a direct speech . The basic rules for changing or converting direct speech into indirect speech: The commas, inverted commas are removed, and ' that ' is added , also,'' said to '' becomes ' told '. The second-person pronoun ' You ' becomes the third-person pronoun ' s he ' and the first-person pronoun ' us ' becomes the third-person pronoun ' them '. The present simple tense format ' Subject + V 1 (can) + Object ' will be changed into the past simple tense format ' Subject + V 2 (could) + Object '. The present simple tense format ' Subject + V 1 (are) + Object ' will be changed into the past simple tense format ' Subject + V 2 (was) + Object '. Hence, the correct answer is option 1 . Additional Information The following table will enable us to know how tense changes into Indirect speech:- Direct Speech Indirect Speech Present simple (Subject +V1st + Past simple (Subject +V2 + Object) Object) Present continuous (Subject Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +is/am/are+V1 +ing+ Object) +ing+ Object) Present perfect (Subject + Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) has/have+V3+Object) Past simple (Subject+V2+Object) Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) Past Continuous (Subject Past perfect continuous (Subject+had +was/were+V1+ing+ Object) been+V1 +ing+ Object) Future simple (Subject+ Present Conditional will/shall+V1+object) (Subject+would+V1+object) Future Continuous (Subject Conditional Continuous (Subject +will/shall+be+V1 +ing+ Object) +would+be+V1 +ing+ Object) Hinglish दिया गया वाक्य direct speech है। Direct speech को indirect speech में बदलने या बदलने के लिए बुनियादी नियम: Commas, inverted commas हटा दिए जाते हैं और 'that' जोड़ा जाता है और ' said to ', ' told ' बन जाता है। The second-person pronoun ' You ', third-person pronoun ' s he ' बन जाता है और the first-person pronoun ' us ', the third-person pronoun ' them ' बन जाता है। Present simple tense format ' Subject + V 1 (can) + Object ' को past simple tense format ' Subject + V 2 (could) + Object ' में बदल दिया जाएगा। Present simple tense format ' Subject + V 1 (are) + Object ' को past simple tense format ' Subject + V 2 (was) + Object ' में बदल दिया जाएगा। अत: सही उत्तर विकल्प 1 है ।