Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Rita said to her friend, “My sister is performing on stage today for the first time.”
Option 1: Rita told to her friend that her sister is performing on stage that day for the first time.
Option 2: Rita told her friend that her sister was performing on stage that day for the first time.
Option 3: Rita said to her friend that my sister is performing on stage today for the first time.
Option 4: Rita told her friend that my sister was performing on stage today for the first time.
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Correct Answer: Rita told her friend that her sister was performing on stage that day for the first time.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
Narration Conversion:
- The verb said is changed to told in reported speech.
- That is used to introduce the reported clause.
- The first-person pronoun my is changed to the third-person pronoun her in the reported speech.
- Today is changed to that day to accurately convey the time frame.
- The present continuous tense is changed to the past continuous tense.
Therefore, the correct sentence is: Rita told her friend that her sister was performing on stage that day for the first time.
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