Correct option is A
The correct indirect speech is:
He said that his brother was writing letters.
Definition:
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Direct Speech is the exact words spoken by a person, enclosed in quotation marks ("...").
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Indirect Speech is the reported version of what someone said, without quotation marks, and with changes in pronouns, tenses, and time expressions.
Explanation:
In this sentence:
· Reporting Verb: "said" (past tense)
· Reported Speech: Present Continuous ("is writing")
· According to the rules of tense conversion,
Present Continuous becomes Past Continuous in indirect speech.
Grammatical Rule Used:
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past tense, then the tense of the reported speech changes as follows:
• Present Continuous → Past Continuous
• “is/am/are + V1-ing” → “was/were + V1-ing”
Explanation of the grammatical rule in Hindi:
यदि reporting verb (जैसे "said") past tense में है, तो reported speech का tense बदलेगा।
"Is writing" एक Present Continuous tense है, जिसे Indirect Speech में Past Continuous ("was writing") में बदला जाएगा।
Example:
She said, "I am eating lunch." → She said that she was eating lunch.