Question

Fill in the blank with the most appropriate word.
Janet said that she was hungry. Janet said, "__________"

• A. I was hungry
• B. I am hungry
• C. She was hungry
• D. She is hungry

Answer 1

The correct option is B I am hungry

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,in direct speech the reported verb 'was' must have been in present tense 'am'. The third person pronoun 'she' will change into first person 'I' in direct speech.

Thus, in direct speech the sentence must be,

Janet said,"I am hungry."

Thus option B is the correct answer.

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