Question

Change the speech: "I have won the race!"

• A. He said that he had won the race
• B. He said that he has won the race
• C. He said he have won the race
• D. He said that the race has been won

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

1. Option A: Pronoun and tense both shift correctly: I to he, have won to had won.
2. Option B: The tense is not backshifted, so "has won" is left incorrectly.
3. Option C: "He have won" is not grammatically correct and the tense is also unshifted.
4. Option D: The passive form changes the meaning and skips the tense shift.

The correct reported form is he said that he had won the race.