Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
He said, "These dresses are cheap."
Option 1: He said that those dresses was cheap.
Option 2: He said that these dresses are cheap.
Option 3: He said that these dresses were cheap.
Option 4: He said that those dresses were cheap.
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Correct Answer: He said that those dresses were cheap.
Solution : The fourth option is correct.
Narration Conversion:
- He said is used as the main clause to refer to the words the speaker said.
- That is used to connect the main clause to the relative clause.
- Those is the correct pronoun that is used to refer to the dresses being talked about.
- Are is changed to were , as the sentence is in indirect form (simple present tense is changed to simple past tense).
Therefore, the correct sentence is: " He said that those dresses were cheap. "
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