Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Anne said, “Next week I have my first skating lesson.”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Anne said that in the following week she had her first skating lesson.
- The reporting speech is in the present perfect tense, while converting into indirect speech the tense will change into past perfect.
- Have will be changed to had.
- Said will remain unchanged.
- Next week will be replaced by following week.
- Common and inverted commas will be replaced by 'that'.
- I will be changed to She, as reported speech changes as per the subject of the reporting clause.
The correct indirect speech of the given direct speech is-
Anne said that in the following week she had her first skating lesson.