Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
“I am going to walk to the market to check which shops are open,” said Anant.
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 2. i.e. Anant said that he was going to walk to the market to check which shops were open.
- In indirect speech, we need to remove commas and inverted commas, and the conjunction 'that' is added.
- As the reporting verb has no object, so, 'said' remains unchanged.
- 'Am going to walk' is changed to 'was going to walk', and 'are open' is changed to 'were open'.
- So, the final sentence is: Anant said that he was going to walk to the market to check which shops were open.