Question:
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said, ‘I am reading a book.’
Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
He said, ‘I am reading a book.’
Options:
- a) He said that he was reading a book.
- b) He said that he is reading a book.
- c) He says that he was reading a book.
- d) He said that I am reading a book.
- a) He said that he was reading a book.
- b) He said that he is reading a book.
- c) He says that he was reading a book.
- d) He said that I am reading a book.
correct answer : a)
Explanation:
When reporting speech in the past tense, present continuous changes to past continuous. Thus, ‘I am’ becomes ‘he was’.
When reporting speech in the past tense, present continuous changes to past continuous. Thus, ‘I am’ becomes ‘he was’.