The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech, followed by four options. One of the options correctly converts the direct speech into indirect speech. Select the most appropriate option and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. Convert from direct into indirect speech. Ayushi said to the group, "We have had enough of suffering today. It is time to march forward."

Step-by-step solution

In converting direct speech to indirect speech, the reporting verb 'said to' changes to 'told'. The first person plural pronoun 'We' changes to the third person plural pronoun 'they'. The present perfect tense 'have had' changes to the past perfect tense 'had had'. The time expression 'today' changes to 'that day'. The simple present tense 'is' changes to the simple past tense 'was'. Applying these rules, the sentence becomes: Ayushi told the group that they had had enough of suffering that day and it was time to m