Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.
She said, "I have finished my work."

She said that she has finished her work.Correct answerYour answerShe said that she finished my work.Correct answerYour answerShe said that she had finished her work.Correct answerYour answerShe said that I had finished her work.Correct answerYour answer

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CorrectNot quiteAnswer C

Correct answer: C

The present perfect "have finished" moves back to the past perfect, "had finished", and "my" becomes "her".

Worth noting

"Has finished" keeps the tense, which does not happen after the past "said".

Concept: The present perfect in reported speech
Typical timeTypical: 45 s
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The rule this testsDirect and indirect speech

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Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.She said, "I have finished my work."

Explanation

Choose the indirect speech of this sentence.
She said, "I have finished my work."