Select the option that expresses the given sentence in Direct to Indirect Speech.
They said, "We are watching a movie."
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
When converting from direct to indirect speech, several components must change:
Tense: The Present Continuous ("are watching") changes to the Past Continuous ("were watching") because the reporting verb ("said") is in the past tense.
Pronoun: The first-person plural pronoun "We" changes to the third-person plural "They" to match the speaker.
Conjunction: The word "that" is used to introduce the reported statement.
Indirect Speech:
They said that they were watching a movie.