Narrate the following : "It's time we began planning our holidays", he said.
Correct answer: D. He said that it was time they began planning their holidays.
- A. He said that it is time they began planning their holidays.
- B. He said that it was time they had begun planning their holidays.
- C. He said it is time they begin planning their holidays.
- D. He said that it was time they began planning their holidays.
Explanation
Original sentence is statement about the past, and correct reported speech maintains the same tense and pronouns.
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