Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
He said, "I do not want to see this film"
He said that________.

• A. he did not want to see that film.
• B. he doesn't want to see a film.
• C. he didn't want to see this film.
• D. he wanted to see that film.
• E. not to see that film.

Answer 1

The correct option is A he did not want to see that film.

The given sentence is a statement.

According to the rules of narration and reporting, if the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported verb is changed into its corresponding past form. The reporting verb in the given sentence, 'said', is in the past form. Therefore, the reported verb, 'do' will change into 'did'. The first person pronoun 'I' will change into the person of the speaker. In indirect speech, 'this' will change into 'that'.

Thus, in indirect speech the sentence must be,

He said that he did not want to see that film.

Thus option A is the correct answer.

Options B,C,D,E are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.