He said, “I am going to college just now.”
a. He said that he was going to college just now.
b. He asked that he was going to college just then.
c. He said that he was going to college just then.
d. He asked that he was going to college just now.
Answers
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Your answer is [Option.C He said that he was going to college just then]
- Direct speech:- He said ,"I am going to college just now."
- Indirect speech:- He said that he was going to college just then.
Extra data:-
An action or information can be expressed in a sentence .
What is direct speech?
The actual words of the speaker with punctuation is called Direct speech.
Ex:- He said ," I was busy now."
What is indirect speech?
The meaning of the substance of speakers words in the sentence is called Indirect speech.
Ex:- He said that he was busy then.
General rules for changing direct speech into indirect speech:-
- The inverted commas are omitted in the indirect speech.
- The capital letter with inverted commas will not remain capital in indirect speech.
- The tense of the Verb will be changed while changing the speech.
- The pronoun should be changed according to the sense of speech.
- An affirmative sentence/simple sentence use that as a linker.
Why the other choices are wrong:-
Let's consider Option.A He said that he was going to college just now the given option.A is wrong because we know that the tense of the Verb will be changed while changing the speech so here Now is not changed so this option is ❌
Let's consider Option.B He asked that he was going to college just then the given option.B is wrong because we know that Here only Said is changed to asked but we know that Said to is chnaged to asked so this option is ❌
Let's consider Option.D He asked that he was going to college just now the given option.D is wrong because here the tense of the Verb (Now) is not chnaged and said is Changed to asked so this option is ❌
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