Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
“I am going shopping tonight,” Esha said.
Option 1: Esha said that she was going shopping tonight.
Option 2: Esha said that she was going shopping that night.
Option 3: Esha said she was going shopping that night.
Option 4: Esha said that she will be going shopping that night.
Correct Answer:
Esha said that she was going shopping that night.
Solution :
The correct answer is option 2.
Esha said that she was going shopping that night.
Explanation:
The direct sentence is in the present continuous tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.
Tonight will change into That night
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Present Continuous (Subject + is/am/are + V1 + ing + Object) |
Past Continuous (Subject + was/were + V1 + ing + Object) |




