Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
Raghuveer said to his mother, "I am going to New York for one month where I will be trained on AI."
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
Correct Answer: Raghuveer told his mother that he was going to New York for one month where he would be trained on AI.
Explanation:
• Reporting Verb: In an assertive sentence, 'said to' changes to 'told' followed by the object ('his mother').
• Conjunction: The inverted commas are replaced by the conjunction 'that'.
• Pronoun Change: The first-person pronoun 'I' refers to the speaker (Raghuveer), so it changes to 'he'.
• Tense Change: Since the reporting verb is in the past tense ('said to'), the verbs in the reported speech shift to their corresponding past forms:
• 'am going' (Present Continuous) becomes 'was going' (Past Continuous).
• 'will be trained' changes to 'would be trained'.