Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Avika said to her mother, “You are very late today.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3, i.e. Avika told her mother that she was very late that day.
- The rules of narration state that whenever the direct form of speech portrays present tense, it is necessary to use its corresponding past tense whilst converting to it's indirect form. This option uses the past tense 'was' whereas the given sentence uses present tense 'are', however indicating a similar sense in both the instances as they are working accordingly with the rules of narration. Secondly, the third person perspective has been used. It is important to use first and second person for direct speech and third person for indirect speech.