●ramesh said that he ................ to pune.
(has been or had been)
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●ramesh said that he ................ to pune.
(has been or had been)
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"The answer should be “Ramesh said that he had been to Pune.”
As this sentence is written in indirect speech, you have to use the indirect form of the verb.
Since this is in the reported speech, you cannot use “has been” to complete this sentence. Therefore the correct answer should be “had been.”
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