Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
The doctor said, 'Your father is going to recover within the next two days.'
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
To convert direct speech into indirect speech, several changes are necessary:
Tense Change: Since the reporting verb 'said' is in the past tense, the present continuous tense 'is going' in the direct speech changes to the past continuous tense 'was going'.
Pronoun Change: 'Your' changes to 'his' to refer to the person the doctor is addressing.
Time Expression Change: 'Next two days' changes to 'following two days' to maintain temporal consistency in indirect speech.
Correct answer: The doctor said that his father was going to recover within the following two days.