Question

Choose the indirect speech of the given sentence.
Mona said, "I love oranges but my brother likes apples."

• A. Mona said that she loves oranges but my brother likes apples.
• B. Mona said that she loved oranges but her brother liked apples.
• C. Mona said that I loved oranges but my brother liked apples.
• D. Both B and C.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

Mona said that she loved oranges but her brother liked apples.

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.

In the case of simple present tense, reported speech is formed by using the simple past tense. Inverted commas are removed and 'that' is used as a conjunction.

The sentence would become: Mona said that she loved oranges but her brother liked apples.

Thus, option B is the correct answer according to the rules.