14:I[5014,["/_next/static/chunks/11d1gk4m2o846.js","/_next/static/chunks/14mrh2-p_w84d.js","/_next/static/chunks/40y9lkvta2o_p.js"],"default"] 15:I[38392,["/_next/static/chunks/11d1gk4m2o846.js","/_next/static/chunks/14mrh2-p_w84d.js","/_next/static/chunks/40y9lkvta2o_p.js"],"PracticeCard"] 17:I[70570,["/_next/static/chunks/11d1gk4m2o846.js","/_next/static/chunks/14mrh2-p_w84d.js","/_next/static/chunks/40y9lkvta2o_p.js"],"ExamAppearanceBadge"] 16:T5bf,• Correct Answer: They said that they had watched a movie the day before.

• Direct speech: They said, "We watched a movie yesterday."
- Here,
- Reporting Verb: said (past tense)
- Reported Speech: "We watched a movie yesterday."

• Indirect Speech এ পরিবর্তনের নিয়ম:
1. Tense পরিবর্তন:
- watched (past simple) → had watched (past perfect).

2. Pronoun পরিবর্তন:
- We → they
(“They” নিজেরাই কথা বলছে, তাই "we" → "they").

3. Time expression পরিবর্তন:
- yesterday → the day before.

• Other options:
ক) They said they watched a movie yesterday.
- ভুল কারণ এখানে tense এবং time পরিবর্তন করা হয়নি।

গ) They said that they were watching a movie yesterday.
- ভুল কারণ "watched" → "had watched" হবে, আর "yesterday" পরিবর্তন হয়নি।

ঘ) They said that we had watched a movie the day before.
- ভুল কারণ "we" → they হওয়া উচিত। "we" ব্যবহার করলে, মনে হবে কথকও সিনেমা দেখেছে।

Source: A Passage to the English Language, S.M. Zakir Hussain.