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Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence. My mother said, “I am meeting your father today.”
Question

Choose the option that is the correct indirect form of the sentence.
My mother said, “I am meeting your father today.”

A.

The mother said that she has been meeting my father that day.

B.

My mother says that she was meeting my father today.

C.

My mother said that she was meeting my father that day.

D.

My mother said that she were meeting my father that day.

Correct option is C

The correct indirect speech is (c) My mother said that she was meeting my father that day.
Direct Speech: When the exact words of the speaker are quoted using quotation marks, it is called direct speech.
Indirect Speech: When the speaker’s words are reported without quoting them exactly, it is called indirect speech.
Explanation:
· Direct: “I am meeting...” → Indirect: “she was meeting...”
· “Today” changes to “that day” in indirect speech.
· “Said” is in past tense, so the present continuous "am meeting" changes to past continuous "was meeting".
· Rule:
· Present Continuous → Past Continuous
· Today → That day
· Information Booster: Always ensure pronoun, verb tense, and time adverbial changes are made during speech transformation.

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