Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
She said, "It is my birthday next week."
Option 1: She said that my birthday was next week.
Option 2: She said that next week was her birthday.
Option 3: She said that it was her birthday the following week.
Option 4: She said that it is my birthday the following week.
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Correct Answer: She said that it was her birthday the following week.
Solution : The correct option is the third option.
Reported speech involves conveying what someone else has said.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- Said remains as the reporting verb.
- It is changed to it was because of the shift from the present tense to the past tense.
- My (first-person pronoun) changes to her (third - person pronoun) to reflect the change in perspective.
- Next week is changed to the following week, unless the context of the reported speech changes the timing reference.
Therefore, the converted sentence would be: " She said that it was her birthday the following week."
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