Question

The indirect speech of: 'He said, "I am going home." is-
(a) He said that I was going home.
(b) He said that he is going home.
(c) He is saying that he is going home.
(d) He said that he was going home.​

Answer 1

Answer:

d) he said that he was going home

Answer 2

Question:-

The indirect speech of: 'He said, "I am going home." is-

• (a) He said that I was going home.
• (b) He said that he is going home.
• (c) He is saying that he is going home.
• (d) He said that he was going home.

Answer:-

(d) He said that he was going home.

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The sentence we were given is :- He said, "I am going home."

Here, the reporting verb "He said" is in Past Indefinite Tense.

And the reported speech "I am going home " is in present continuous Tense.

Next, following the rules of pronouns and tenses, we find:-

He said that he was going home.

Now, know the rules that have been applied:-

While making the changes from Direct and Indirect speech, one should be having knowledge of rules of changes in pronouns.

• The first person in reported speech (I) changes according to the subject (He) of reporting speech.

According to the reporting verb, changes are made in the direct sentence or the sentence in inverted commas.

• If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the direct sentence is changed in its past tense.

As here, we changed present continuous tense into past continuous tense.

Some Examples:-

• The student said, "I am preparing the decorations for school festival. "

Indirect:- The student said that he was preparing the decorations for school festival.

• Shoto said that, "I am doing my duties. "

Indirect:- Shoto said that he was doing his duties.