Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, "These vegetables do not look fresh."
Option 1: She said that those vegetables did not look fresh.
Option 2: She said that these vegetables did not look fresh.
Option 3: She said that those vegetables did not looked fresh.
Option 4: She said that these vegetables do not look fresh.
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Correct Answer: She said that those vegetables did not look fresh.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Conversion steps:
The present tense is changed to the past tense.
"These" changes to "those" to reflect the change in proximity from direct to reported speech.
So, the complete indirect form is: "She said that those vegetables did not look fresh."
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