Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
She said, 'I am not going to forgive Robin as he took my pencils without my permission.'
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
When converting direct speech to indirect speech, several changes occur:
The reporting verb 'said' is followed by the conjunction 'that'.
The first-person pronoun 'I' changes to the third-person pronoun 'she' to match the subject 'She'.
The present continuous tense 'am not going' changes to the past continuous tense 'was not going' because the reporting verb is in the past tense.
The simple past tense 'took' changes to the past perfect tense 'had taken' as the action occurred before the main reported action.
The possessive pronoun 'my' changes to 'her' to match the subject.
Therefore answer is 'She said that she was not going to forgive Robin as he had taken her pencils without her permission.'