Question

(choose the correct indirect speech of the following sentence out the given option) he said to me ,"Prices are going up ".​

Answer 1

He said me, "Prices are going up".

Answer 2

The complete question is:

He said to me ,"Prices are going up ".

The options are given below-

i) He told me that prices will be going up.

ii) He told me that prices were going up.

iii) He told me that prices are going up.

iv) He told me that prices went up.

The correct answer is option(ii).

He told me that prices were going up.

• The given sentence is in the direct speech. We have changed it into the indirect or reported speech.
• Indirect speech is used to address the words of the speaker without directly quoting them.
• Certain changes are made while changing a sentence into the indirect form: Reporting verb and Tense.
• The given sentence is in the present continuous tense so in the indirect form, it becomes past continuous tense.