Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. He said, “I am going to the party tonight.”
He said that he was going to the party that night.
The given sentence is in direct speech: “He said, “I am going to the party tonight.”
To convert this to indirect speech, we need to make several changes:
- The reporting verb "said" may remain as is or be changed based on context (e.g., "He mentioned...").
- The tense of the verb in the reported speech changes from present continuous ("am going") to past continuous ("was going"). This is a fundamental rule of indirect speech.
- The time reference "tonight" changes to "that night," reflecting a shift from the speaker's immediate time to the reported time.
- The pronoun "I" changes to "he" to maintain grammatical agreement.
Therefore, the correct indirect speech is: "He said that he was going to the party that night."
Let's examine why other options are incorrect:
- Option 1 uses "would go," implying a future-in-the-past, not a past action in progress.
- Option 2 retains "tonight," which is not appropriate for indirect speech.
- Option 4 retains the present continuous tense and "tonight," both incorrect for indirect speech.
Only Option 3 correctly reflects all the necessary changes for accurate indirect speech.
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