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SSC CGL – Combined Graduate Level Examination · Question 83

Convert to direct speech: The manager remarked that employees needed to submit their reports by Monday.

  1. “Employees need to submit their reports by Monday,” the manager remarked.
  2. “Employees needed to submit their reports by Monday,” the manager said.
  3. “Submit your reports by Monday,” the manager ordered.
  4. “You were to submit your reports by Monday,” the manager said.
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Answer: (A) “Employees need to submit their reports by Monday,” the manager remarked.

Explanation

'Needed' goes back to present 'need'.