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Question :  Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.

“I am going shopping tonight,” Esha said.

 

Option 1: Esha said that she was going shopping tonight.
 

Option 2: Esha said that she was going shopping that night.
 

Option 3: Esha said she was going shopping that night.
 

Option 4: Esha said that she will be going shopping that night.


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: Esha said that she was going shopping that night.
 


Solution :

The correct answer is option 2.

Esha said that she was going shopping that night.

Explanation:

The direct sentence is in the present continuous tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.

Tonight will change into That night

Present Continuous (Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + Object)

Past Continuous (Subject + was/were + V1 + ing + Object)

 

 

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