A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech.
He said, "It may rain today."
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. He said it might rain that day.
Changes required:
Conjunction: The inverted commas are removed and conjunction “that” is used.
Modal Verb: “may” changes to “might” because the reporting verb “said” is in past tense.
Time Expression: “today” changes to “that day.”
Sentence Structure: The sentence is converted into statement form without quotation marks.
Converted sentence: He said that it might rain that day.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.