WBCS.LIVE practice question

Choose the correct indirect statement. He said, “grass is green.”

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

Answer options

  1. He told that grass is green.
  2. He told that grass was green.
  3. He told that grass had been green.
  4. He told that grass will always be green.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: He told that grass is green.

Explanation: ✅ Correct Answer: A) He told that grass is green. 📚 Explanation: When reporting a universal truth or a permanent fact, the tense of the verb in the indirect statement does not change. Since grass being green is a constant fact, the verb 'is' remains in the present tense. This rule ensures that the statement continues to be understood as something that is always true. Shifting the tense to 'was' would imply that the fact is no longer correct.