3. Publicity In-Charge, AK Debbarma says, "The popularity of the film has greatly exceeded our expectations." Which of these is a correct report of the statement of the above sentence?

A. Publicity In-Charge, AK Debbarma says that the popularity of the film has greatly exceeded our expectations.

B. Publicity In-Charge, AK Debbarma says that "the popularity of the film has greatly exceeded their expectations."

C. Publicity In-Charge, AK Debbarma says that the popularity of the film had greatly exceeded their expectations.

D. Publicity In-Charge, AK Debbarma declares that, the popularity of the film, greatly exceeded his expectations.

The correct report of the statement is 'Publicity In-Charge, AK Debbarma says that the popularity of the film had greatly exceeded their expectations.'

To answer this question, we must use our knowledge of reported speech.

What is reported speech?

Reported speech is the retelling of what someone has said in our own words. That means we make some modifications to what the person originally said, such as:

Pronouns

Adverbs of time

Adverbs of place

Verb tenses

Let's change the statement in the question into its reported speech version:

First, we must remove the quotation marks.

The verb tense "has exceeded" must be changed to the past, "had exceeded".

The pronoun "our" must be changed into "their".

Therefore, the correct answer is found in option C, 'Publicity In-Charge, AK Debbarma says that the popularity of the film had greatly exceeded their expectations.'

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