Change into indirect narration The boy said to his friend, "I wait for your parcel everyday."
Correct answer: B. The boy said to his friend that he waited for his parcel everyday.
- A. The boy told to his friend that he waited for his parcel everyday.
- B. The boy said to his friend that he waited for his parcel everyday.
- C. The boy said to his friend that he waited for my parcel everyday.
- D. The boy told his friend that he waited for your parcel everyday.
Explanation
The correct answer is Option B: The boy said to his friend that he waited for his parcel everyday. This correctly follows the rules of changing direct to indirect speech: 'I' becomes 'he', 'wait' becomes 'waited', and 'your' becomes 'his'.Option A is incorrect as 'told to' is not proper usage; it should be 'told his friend'.Option C is incorrect because 'my' is not a correct conversion of 'your'; it should be 'his'.Option D is incorrect because it retains 'your', which should change to 'his' in indirect speech.
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