Previous Year Questions

The sentence in the Direct Speech is in Past Simple Tense. Therefore, the sentence in the Indirect Speech should be in Past Perfect Tense.

Past Simple (Subject + V2 + Object) should be converted into Past Perfect (Subject + had + V3 + Object).

For example:

He said, "Arya sent me a book." (Direct Speech)

He said that Arya had sent him a book. (Indirect Speech)

The following things in the sentence should change when changed from Direct speech to Indirect Speech:

I - he

Bought - had bought

This - that

My - his

Therefore, the correct answer is (c): He said that he had bought that book for his brother.