CGL 21 Tier 2 English


Question 1

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

I said to you, “He cannot be trusted completely.”

Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

I said to you, “He cannot be trusted completely.”


Options

A

You told me that he could not be trusted completely.

You told me that he could not be trusted completely.

B

I said you that he cannot be trusted completely.

I said you that he cannot be trusted completely.

C

I told you that he could not be trusted completely.

I told you that he could not be trusted completely.

D

You told me that he cannot be trusted completely.

You told me that he cannot be trusted completely.


Solution:

Correct Answer:

C

I told you that he could not be trusted completely.

I told you that he could not be trusted completely.


option C is right according to the rules here,

said to is changed into told and commas into that, 

modal is changed accroding to below table,

Direct Speech

Indirect Speech

Can

Could

May

Might

Must

Had to/ Would have to

Should

Should

Might

Might

Could

Could

Would

Would

Ought to

Ought to

 

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