She said, “I have completed my assignment on time.”
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In reported speech, remember to shift the tense back: Present \(⇒\) Past, Present Perfect \(⇒\) Past Perfect, etc., unless the sentence expresses a universal truth.
She said that she had completed her assignment on time.
She said that I have completed my assignment on time.
She said that she completed her assignment on time.
None of these
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The Correct Option isA
Solution and Explanation
A sentence in Direct Speech, using the present perfect tense, is exemplified:
“I have completed…”.
When converted to Indirect Speech, the tense typically moves back a step:
- Present Perfect (<strong>have completed</strong>)
\(⇒\) Past Perfect (<strong>had completed</strong>).
Also, the pronoun “I” becomes “she” (because the speaker is “she”).
Thus, the correct transformation is:
\(⇒\) “She said that she had completed her assignment on time.”