Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The professor said, “I want you to pursue your dreams."
Option 1: The professor said that I want you to pursue your dreams.
Option 2: The professor said that he wanted me to pursue my dreams.
Option 3: The professor says that he wants me to pursue my dreams.
Option 4: The professor told me that I wanted you to pursue your dreams.
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Correct Answer: The professor said that he wanted me to pursue my dreams.
Solution : The second option is the correct choice.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- The reporting verb "said" is changed to its present form "says".
- The simple present tense "want" is changed to the simple past tense "wanted".
- The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the third-person pronoun "he".
- And the second-person pronoun "your" is changed to the first-person pronoun "my".
- The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "The professor said that he wanted me to pursue my dreams."
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