A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech.
He said, “I am not feeling fine.”
Correct Answer :
He said that he was not feeling fine.
Solution :
The correct option is He said that he was not feeling fine.
Step-by-Step Explanation:
To convert a sentence from Direct Speech into Indirect (Reported) Speech, follow these standard grammatical rules:
1. Reporting Verb: The reporting verb "said" remains unchanged as "said that" (or the conjunction "that" is introduced to join the reporting clause and the reported clause).
2. Change in Pronoun: The first-person pronoun "I" in the reported speech refers to the subject of the reporting verb ("He"). Therefore, "I" changes to "he".
3. Change in Tense: Since the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, the present continuous verb form "am not feeling" in the direct speech changes to the past continuous tense "was not feeling".
Combining all these steps gives:
"He said that he was not feeling fine."
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