Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
The child says, "I do not want to go to school."
Option 1: The child say that I do not want to go to school.
Option 2: The child says that I do not want to go to school.
Option 3: The child says that he do not want to go to school.
Option 4: The child says that he does not want to go to school.
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Correct Answer: The child says that he does not want to go to school.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option .
Indirect speech focuses more on the content of what someone says than their exact words.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- There would be no change in the reporting verb.
- There would be no change in the tense of the reported clause because the reporting verb is in the simple present tense.
- The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the third-person pronoun "he".
- The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
Therefore, the correct answer is: "The child says that he does not want to go to school."
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