Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, “I am in no mood to work now.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e.She said that she was in no mood to work then.
To convert the given sentence from direct speech to indirect speech, the following rules can be used:
- Identify the reporting verb (in this case, "said").
- Use an appropriate reporting verb in the past tense (in this case, "said" changes to "said that") to introduce the reported speech.
- Change the pronouns and verb tenses in the reported speech as follows:
- Change first person pronouns ("I", "me", "my") to third person pronouns ("she", "her", "hers").
- Change the tense of the reported verb to reflect the past tense (in this case, "am" changes to "was").
- If necessary, change any time or place references to reflect the appropriate tense or context.
- Enclose the reported speech in quotation marks or use an appropriate reporting verb or phrase (in this case, "that" is used).
Thus, the indirect speech version of the sentence would be:
"She said that she was in no mood to work then."