Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, “These dresses are cheap.”
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is option 4 i.e. He said that those dresses were cheap.
In indirect speech, when reporting what someone said, you typically shift the pronouns to match the perspective of the reporting sentence.
In this case, "these" in the direct speech becomes "those" in the indirect speech.
Additionally, the tense is shifted from "are" (present tense) to "were" (past tense) to match the reporting time frame.
So, "those dresses were cheap" is the correct transformation of the direct speech into indirect speech.
Hence, the correct sentence would be He said that those dresses were cheap.