mdcat english MCQ #208

mdcat english MCQ #208

1. Question 1

   Q1. The manager said, 'The company has been facing financial difficulties since last year.' What is the indirect form?

   • A) The manager said that the company had been facing financial difficulties since the previous year.
   • B) The manager said that the company has been facing financial difficulties since last year.
   • C) The manager said that the company is facing financial difficulties since last year.
   • D) The manager said that the company was facing financial difficulties since the previous year.

   Answer: The manager said that the company had been facing financial difficulties since the previous year.

   Explanation: The present perfect continuous tense changes to the past perfect continuous tense in indirect speech, and 'last year' becomes 'the previous year'.