Direction: Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.

My daughter said, “Ayush has got a packet of toffee for his friends.” 

The correct answer is "My daughter said that Ayush had got a packet of toffee for his friends."

 Key Points

• The rules for changing Direct Speech to Indirect Speech:
  • The given sentence is in the Present Perfect Tense.
  • Present Perfect Tense changes to Past Perfect Tense.
  • The reporting verb said/said to is changed to told, asked, demanded, ordered, enquired as per the nature of the sentence.
  • Remove the commas and inverted commas.
  • The first person in the reported speech changes according to the subject of reporting speech.
  • Use that in the sentence of indirect speech.
  • Structure:
    • Subject + has/have + V3 (Direct Speech)
    • Subject + had + V3 (Indirect Speech)
  • Example: 
    • Isha said, “I have bought a book .” (Direct speech)
    • Isha said that she had bought a book. (Indirect speech)
• In this case, "has got" becomes "had got" because the reported statement is in the past and Ayush no longer has the packet of toffee.
• The word "for" remains the same in indirect speech.
• The pronoun "his" also remains the same in indirect speech.
• The correct answer is Option 3.