Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The teacher says, “Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.”
Option 1: The teacher says every action had an equal and opposite reaction.
Option 2: The teacher said that every action had an equal and opposite reaction.
Option 3: The teacher said that every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
Option 4: The teacher says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction
Correct Answer: The teacher says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction
Solution : The fourth option is the correct choice.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
- There would be no change in the reporting verb because it is in the present tense.
- There would be no change in the tense of the reported clause because the statement is a universal truth.
- The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.
Therefore, the correct answer is: " The teacher says that every action has an equal and opposite reaction."
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