Select the option that correctly expresses the given sentence in reported speech:

The soldier said to his fellow soldiers, "I have buried our brave comrade here."

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Select the option that correctly expresses the given sentence in reported speech:

The soldier said to his fellow soldiers, "I have buried our brave comrade here."

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**Solution:**

1. **Pronoun Change:**
   - "I" changes to "he" because the speaker is the soldier.
   - "our" changes to "their" to reflect the perspective of the fellow soldiers.

2. **Tense Change:**
   - Present perfect "have buried" changes to past perfect "had buried" in reported speech.

3. **Word Change:**
   - "here" changes to "there" to indicate the change in location reference.

4. **Reporting Clause:**
   - The sentence begins with "The soldier told his fellow soldiers that..." without quotation marks.

Thus, the correct reported speech sentence is:

**The soldier told his fellow soldiers that he had buried their brave comrade there.**

**Answer:** Option 1

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