Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Anurag said to me, "I am going to the store to buy milk and vegetables."

Option 1: Anurag told me that he is going to the store to buy milk and vegetables.

Option 2: Anurag asked me if I was going to the store to buy milk and vegetables.

Option 3: Anurag told me that I am going to the store to buy milk and vegetables.

Option 4: Anurag told me that he was going to the store to buy milk and vegetables.


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Correct Answer: Anurag told me that he was going to the store to buy milk and vegetables.


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.

  • Change the reporting verb from "said" to "told".
  • Change the first-person pronoun "I" to the third-person pronoun "he" to match the perspective of Anurag in the reported speech.
  • Change the verb tense from the present tense ("am going") to the past tense ("was going") to maintain the sequence of tenses.

Therefore, the correct answer is: Anurag told me that he was going to the store to buy milk and vegetables.

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