Question : Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
Pallavi said, “I am going to bake a sponge cake tomorrow.”

Option 1: Pallavi said that I will bake a sponge cake the next day.

Option 2: Pallavi said that she would be baking a sponge cake tomorrow.

Option 3: Pallavi said that she is going to bake a sponge cake tomorrow.

Option 4: Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day.


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Correct Answer: Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day.


Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.

The steps of conversion are as follows:

  • "I" (a first-person pronoun) is changed to she (a third-person pronoun).
  • The present continuous tense is changed to the past continuous tense.
  • The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
  • "Tomorrow" is changed to "the next day".

Therefore, the correct answer is: "Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day."

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