Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Father said, “On the news tonight they mentioned a possibility of a power strike.”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Father said that on the news that night they had mentioned a possibility of a power strike.”
Given sentence: Father said, “On the news tonight they mentioned a possibility of a power strike.”
Replace comma and inverted commas with the conjunction that.
The given sentence is in the past indefinite tense, so, it is changed into the past perfect tense.
So, tonight will be changed to that night.
So, the final sentence is:
Father said that on the news that night they had mentioned a possibility of a power strike.”