Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Rani said, “We are organizing a cleaning programme in the colony tomorrow.”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. Rani said that they were organizing a cleaning programme in the colony the next day.
- This option is correct because firstly the rules of narration state that it is necessary for the corresponding past form of the present tense (portrayed in the direct speech) to appear in the indirect speech, in order to make the same sense/meaning.
- The given sentence uses 'are organizing' and this option uses 'were organizing', hence working according to the rules and making similar sense in both the instances.
- The person has also been accurately changed to the third-person perspective as it is necessary to do so while converting to indirect speech.