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Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
Robin Hood said, "I want justice for the weak."
Robin Hood said that ____ justice for the weak.
  1. I wanted
  2. He wants
  3. He would want
  4. He wanted

A
I wanted
B
He wants
C
He would want
D
He wanted
Solution
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The given sentence is a statement.
According to the rules of narration and reporting, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into its corresponding past form. The reporting verb in the given sentence, 'said', is in the past form. Therefore, the reported verb, 'want' will change into 'wanted'. The first person pronoun gets changed into the person of the speaker. So, 'I' will change into 'he'.
Thus, the complete sentence must be,
Robin Hood said that he wanted justice for the weak.
Thus option C is the correct answer.
Options A,B,D are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.

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