Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The teacher says, “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.”
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Correct answer: D
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 4 i.e. The teacher says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
The given sentence is in direct speech, to convert this sentence into indirect speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will get omitted and 'that' will be used.
- When the reporting verb is in simple present tense, the reported speech remains unchanged.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The teacher says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 4 i.e. The teacher says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.