Choose the correct indirect (reported) speech for: He said, “I saw him two days ago.”

Explanation

Since the direct speech is in the simple past tense, ‘saw,’ it backshifts further to the past perfect, ‘had seen,’ in indirect speech. The time expression ‘ago,’ which measures backward from the present moment of speaking, is no longer appropriate once the sentence is being reported later, so it correctly changes to ‘before.’ Explore more English MCQs on mcqstutor to keep practicing.