Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Rita said to her friend, “My sister is performing on stage today for the first time.”
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Rita told her friend that her sister was performing on stage that day for the first time.
Given sentence: Rita said to her friend, “My sister is performing on stage today for the first time.”
The given sentence is in the present continuous tense. So, it will be changed to past continuous tense.
Remove commas and inverted commas and add the conjunction that.
'said to' is changed to 'told.'
'is performing' is changed to 'was performing'
'today' is changed to 'that day.'
First-person pronouns are changed according to the subject of the reporting verb.
'My' is changed to 'her.'
So, the final sentence is:
Rita told her friend that her sister was performing on stage that day for the first time.