English Narration Narration Change Assertive and Interrogative sentence Question #7363 (CAT-I)

Choose the correct indirect speech: The boy said to his sister, "I am going to the park right now."

A The boy told his sister that he was going to the park right then.
B The boy said his sister that he is going to the park right now.
C The boy asked his sister if he was going to the park right then.
D The boy told his sister that I was going to the park right then.
Correct Answer & Explanation
Option A
• 'Said to' changes to 'told' in an assertive sentence. • The connector 'that' is used. • The pronoun 'I' changes to 'he' (referring to the boy). • The tense 'Present Continuous' ('am going') changes to 'Past Continuous' ('was going'). • The adverb of time 'right now' changes to 'right then' in indirect speech.