Question

Madhuri said to me," I cannot go to school today."

Answer 1

Mahaveer told me that she could not go to school today.

Answer 2

The answer is as follows:

Madhuri told me that she could not go to school that day.

Correct Question

Change the narration of the sentence.

Direct and Indirect Speech

• Direct speech refers to the statements spoken directly by the speaker. Indirect speech refers to the reported speech.

• The comma is replaced by 'that' in the indirect speech.

• 'Cannot' is changed to 'could not' as the reporting verb is in the simple past tense.

• 'Today' is changed to 'that day.'