A. They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre
B. They said that it rained when they had come out of the theatre
C. They said that it was raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre
D. They said that it had been raining heavily, when they had come out of the theatre
Explanation
The correct nearest indirect speech sentence for "They said, 'It was raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre'" is: They said that it had been raining heavily, when they came out of the theatre.
A. Ahmad asked the magician what he has done to deserve to severe a blow
B. Ahmad asked the magician what he had done to deserve so severe a blow
C. Ahmad asked the magician what I have done to deserve so severe a blow
D. Ahmad said to the magician that what I have done to deserve so severe a blow
Explanation
The correct indirect speech is: Ahmad asked the magician what he had done to deserve so severe a blow.
Explanation:
In indirect speech, the pronoun "I" becomes "he" (or "she" or "they" depending on the subject), and the verb tense changes to the past perfect (had done) to indicate that the action happened before the time of speaking.
The original sentence is in the past simple tense: "I saw a book here."
To report this sentence in the past perfect tense, we use "had seen" instead of "saw", and change "here" to "there" to maintain the same perspective as the original sentence.
So, the correct reported speech is: "He said that he had seen a book there."
Convert the object of Active Voice Sentence into the subject of the Passive Voice Sentence. Use helping verb was/were according to subject of the Passive Voice sentence.