Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, "I am in no mood to work now."
Option 1: She said that she has been in no mood to work then.
Option 2: She said that she was in no mood to work now.
Option 3: She said that she was in no mood to work then.
Option 4: She said that she has been in no mood to work now.
Correct Answer: She said that she was in no mood to work then.
Solution : The correct choice is the third 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.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- There would be no change in the reporting verb.
- The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the third-person pronoun "she".
- The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
- The present tense "am" is changed to the past tense "was".
- The time reference "now" is changed to "then".
Therefore, the correct sentence is: She said that she was in no mood to work then .
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