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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.


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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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