Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said, “I am going to the library to return the book”.
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. She said that she was going to the library to return the book.
- The sentence "She said that she was going to the library to return the book" is the indirect speech version because it converts the direct speech "I am going to the library to return the book" into a reported format.
- In indirect speech, the pronoun "I" changes to "she" to reflect the speaker’s perspective, and the present continuous tense "am going" changes to the past continuous tense "was going" to match the reporting verb "said."
- This transformation maintains the original meaning while fitting the grammatical structure of indirect speech.