John left here an hour ago,” said Jane.

Knowledge: Indirect Sentences

Explain:

When the direct sentence is a declarative sentence, we use the following indirect sentence structure:

S + said (to somebody)/ told (somebody) + that + S + VU

– Change in tense: S + V.ed => S + had + Vpp

– Change of adverb: ago => before ; here => there

Jane told me that John left there an hour ago.

Sentences B, C, and D are grammatically incorrect.

Choose A