Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The yoga instructor said to us, “Doing yoga daily will help you to develop a healthy mind and body."
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The yoga instructor told us that doing yoga daily would help us to develop a healthy mind and body.
- "Said to" will be changed to "told" as it is followed by the object "us".
- "Us" in the first portion will not change, only the pronouns and verbs inside the inverted comma will change.
- The verb "will help" changes to "would help".
- "You" will change to "us" according to the object of the reporting verb "Us".
Thus, the correct sentence would be: The yoga instructor told us that doing yoga daily would help us to develop a healthy mind and body.