Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, “I am going home tomorrow.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. She said that she was going home the next day.
- The reporting speech of the given direct voice is in simple present tense and is changed to simple past tense.
- am going will be changed to was going.
- "Said" will not be changed as the reporting verb does not have an object.
- The first person pronouns change according to the subject of the reporting verb i.e., I will be changed she.
- Comma and inverted comma will be replaced by the conjunction that.
- tomorrow in direct speech is changed to the next day in the indirect speech.
The most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence-
She said that she was going home the next day.