Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. She said to me, "I was thinking of going out for dinner but had changed my mind later on."
Option 1: She said me that she was thinking of going out for dinner but changed her mind later on.
Option 2: She said that she thought of going out for dinner but changed her mind later on.
Option 3: She told me that I was thinking of going out for dinner but changed my mind later on.
Option 4: She told me that she had been thinking of going out for dinner but changed her mind later on.
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Correct Answer: She told me that she had been thinking of going out for dinner but changed her mind later on.
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
In transforming direct speech into indirect speech, we maintain the original meaning and context while adjusting the structure to report what was said, usually in a past context.
For the transformation to indirect speech:
Therefore, the indirect statement is: She told me that she had been thinking of going out for dinner but changed her mind later on.
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