WBCS.LIVE practice question

Change the Narration: 'The teacher said, "The Earth moves round the Sun."'

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. The teacher said that the Earth moved round the Sun.
  2. The teacher said that the Earth moves round the Sun.
  3. The teacher told that the Earth is moving round the Sun.
  4. The teacher said that the Earth had moved round the Sun.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: The teacher said that the Earth moves round the Sun.

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: B) The teacher said that the Earth moves round the Sun. šŸ“š Explanation: When the reported speech expresses a universal truth or a scientific fact, the tense of the verb inside the quotation marks does not change, even if the reporting verb is in the past tense. Changing 'moves' to 'moved' would incorrectly imply that the Earth no longer orbits the Sun. Thus, the present simple tense is strictly maintained to reflect the permanent nature of the fact.