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Yash Bindal from Global Indian International School, Singapore
Subject :IEO    Class : Class 7

Choose the indirect speech of the given sentences :
The teacher said, “The higher you go, the cooler it is.”

A The teacher said that the higher he goes, the cooler it was.
B The teacher said that the higher he went, the cooler it was.
C The teacher said that the higher you go, the cooler it is.
D All of the above.


It is wrong. It should be (c) not (b).

Ans 1:

Advika Narkar from The Shishukunj International School, Jhalaria Campus, Indore
Class : Class 8
The answer should be Option C, because the teacher says that the higher you go, the cooler it is. And this statement is a universal truth and a scientifically proven fact. We all know that in the case of a universal truth or habitual fact, the sentence in indirect statement is not changed. The statement is repeated as it is. Therefore, the answer should be C. And as for the ones advocating Option B as a suitable answer, I'd like to remind them that the teacher has not mentioned themselves. They have only stated a universal truth. Thus, Option B is not a suitable option. I hereby request SOF to take this and other such questions in consideration and make the needed corrections.

Ans 2:

ARIJIT SINGH from SAT PAUL MITTAL SCHOOL , Ludhiana
Class : Class 7
C is fully correct as it is a universal fact and remains true for everyone.B can be counted as an example

Ans 3:

Harshini A from Sacred Heart , Chennai
Class : Class 7
The answer should be C

Ans 4:

Selva Akash from PSBB school,siruseri, Chennai
Class : Class 9
Hi Yash. Akash here.Your guess is right.The answer is C as it is a universal truth

Ans 5:

student from school, city
Class : Class 10
Actually ,the answer should be (C).

Ans 6:

Deepesh Abhijeet Gurjar from Sulochana Natu Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan , Pune
Class : Class 9
C is the correct answer....As the statement is a universal fact

Ans 7:

Shashwat Sharma from Him Academy Public School, Vikasnagar, Hamirpur, Hamirpur
Class : Class 7
The correct answer should be C since the teacher is expressing a universal truth, that's why we put the 'is' at the end. Some people in these replies say that the answer can also be B if we count it as the teacher's personal experience. But if the statement was,"The higher I go, the cooler it gets", then B could be the correct option. The dude did not give even a simple mention of himself in the original sentence, so B is not the correct option. Clearly, the expression is a universal truth, so the correct option is C. SOF should take this thing into consideration and make correction in the answer key.

Ans 8:

ARNAB MANDAL from NAVY CHILDREN SCHOOL, VIZAG
Class : Class 9
agreed

Ans 9:

Shomili from Global Indian International School, Singapore
Class : Class 9
It seems that C and B are both correct.... C is correct if you count it as a universal truth, and B is correct if you count it as an experience of the teacher and not referring to the to the science property....

Ans 10:

Sanjana Iyer from HFS Powai, Mumbai
Class : Class 9
I fully agree. It is choice 'C'

Ans 11:

Tanmayi kiran giri from airforce force public school Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur, nagpur
Class : Class 9
Same even I agree with all the answer should be B

Ans 12:

KRITHIGHA SHRI M P from KAMALA NIKETAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL, TRICHIRAPPALLI
Class : Class 8
'was' cannot be used fr this sentence as it is a universal truth

Ans 13:

Mohinder singh from Sacred heart convent school, Ludhiana
Class : Class 7
I just can't digest the answer to be 'b'. It isn't possible

Ans 14:

Tamrashi Pani from National Public School, Bangalore
Class : Class 8
C should be correct as it is a universal truth

Ans 15:

Iba Khan from DPS , Noida
Class : Class 8
The answer should be accounted as C because it is a simple scientific fact

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