Choose the correct indirect form of the following sentence: Direct: "The student said, “I have completed the assignment.”"
The student said that he completed the assignment.
The student said that he had completed the assignment.
The student said that he has completed the assignment.
The student said that he would complete the assignment.
✅ When a statement in direct speech is in the Present Perfect tense, it changes to the Past Perfect tense in indirect speech.
The verb "have completed" correctly shifts to "had completed."
The pronoun "I" also changes to "he" to reflect the speaker (the student).
❌ Option A incorrectly shifts to Simple Past, rather than Past Perfect.
❌ Option C does not shift the tense at all, which is usually required when the reporting verb is in the past.
❌ Option D introduces a conditional future tense ("would complete"), which alters the original meaning and tense.
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Choose the correct indirect form for the following direct speech: Direct: The student said, “I submitted my project last week.”
The student said that he submitted his project last week.
The student said that he had submitted his project the week before.
The student said that he submits his project the week before.
The student said that he would submit his project last week.
✅ In reported speech, the Simple Past tense ("submitted") usually shifts to the Past Perfect tense ("had submitted").
✅ The time expression "last week" correctly changes to "the week before" in reported speech.
❌ Option A retains the Simple Past tense and "last week," which is incorrect for reported speech.
❌ Option C uses the Simple Present tense ("submits"), which is a wrong tense shift.
❌ Option D uses "would submit," which implies a future action in the past, altering the original meaning of a completed action.
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