Question:
A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. She said, “I was going to the market.”
A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech. She said, “I was going to the market.”
Options:
- a) She said that she had been going to the market.
- b) She said she was gone to the market.
- c) She said she is going to the market.
- d) She said she had gone to the market.
- a) She said that she had been going to the market.
- b) She said she was gone to the market.
- c) She said she is going to the market.
- d) She said she had gone to the market.
correct answer : a)
Explanation:
In indirect speech, the past continuous tense ‘was going’ changes to past perfect continuous ‘had been going’. The pronoun ‘I’ changes to ‘she’. Thus, ‘She said that she had been going to the market.’
In indirect speech, the past continuous tense ‘was going’ changes to past perfect continuous ‘had been going’. The pronoun ‘I’ changes to ‘she’. Thus, ‘She said that she had been going to the market.’