Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Neha said to me, “I am going to see a movie today.”
Option 1: Neha said that she was going to see a movie that day.
Option 2: Neha said that she were going to see a movie that day.
Option 3: Neha said that she is going to see a movie today.
Option 4: Neha said that I am going to see a movie today.
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Correct Answer: Neha said that she was going to see a movie that day.
Solution : The first option is the correct choice.
In indirect (reported) speech, when reporting someone else's statement, the tense of the reporting verb (in this case, "said") is often shifted back in time. In the original sentence, Neha said, "I am going to see a movie today."
In the reported speech, we shift the tense, so "am" becomes "was" to reflect the past. Additionally, the word "today" is changed to "that day" to maintain the correct temporal reference in the reported statement.
Therefore, the correct indirect form of the given sentence is: "Neha said that she was going to see a movie that day."
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Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence. Pallavi said, “I am going to bake a sponge cake tomorrow.”
Option 1: Pallavi said that I will bake a sponge cake the next day.
Option 2: Pallavi said that she would be baking a sponge cake tomorrow.
Option 3: Pallavi said that she is going to bake a sponge cake tomorrow.
Option 4: Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day.
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Option 1: She said, “How I have fared poorly in the exam!”
Option 2: She said, “Alas! How poorly have I fared in the exam!”
Option 3: She said, “I have fared poorly in the exam.”
Option 4: She said, “Ah! I have fared poorly in the exam.”
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Option 1: She said to me, “How much did you pay for the mangoes?”
Option 2: She said to me, “How much I paid for the mangoes?”
Option 3: She said to me, “How I paid for the mangoes?”
Option 4: She said to me, “How much did I pay for the mangoes?”
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Option 1: She said, “She is happy to inform them that her paper is published in a peer-reviewed journal.”
Option 2: She said, “You are happy to inform me that your paper was published in a peer-reviewed journal.”
Option 3: She said, “She was happy to inform you that her paper is published in a peer-reviewed journal.
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Sana said, "I am going to pick up the children now."
Option 1: Sana said that she was going to pick up the children then.
Option 2: Sana said that I am going to pick up the children now.
Option 3: Sana said that I am going to pick up the children then.
Option 4: Sana said that she was going to pick up the children now.
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