Change the following sentence from direct speech to indirect speech and choose the correct sentence from the given options.
The students said, “We wish we didn’t have to write exams.”
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. The students said that they wished they didn’t have to write exams.
The students said, “We wish we didn’t have to write exams.”
In Indirect speech: We report the content of another's words without directly quoting it. Since you are repeating something said in the past, it has to be in simple past tense.
So the sentence becomes: The students said that they wished they didn't have to write exams.
Hence, The students said that they wished they didn’t have to write exams is the correct answer.