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Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Farah said to her aunt, “I am studying contemporary art.”

Option 1: Farah told her aunt that she was study contemporary art.

Option 2: Farah told her aunt that she is studying contemporary art.

Option 3: Farah told her aunt that she had been studying contemporary art.

Option 4: Farah told her aunt that she was studying contemporary art.


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Correct Answer: Farah told her aunt that she was studying contemporary art.


Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.

The indirect form of a sentence involves reporting or conveying what someone said, thought, or felt without using their exact words. It often includes verbs like said, told, or asked, followed by reporting clauses.

The steps of conversion are as follows:

  • The reporting verb "said" is changed to "told".
  • The present continuous tense "am studying" is changed to the past continuous tense "was studying".
  • The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the third-person pronoun "she", as the gender is female.
  • The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.

Therefore, the sentence in indirect form is: Farah told her aunt that she was studying contemporary art.

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