Question

Tap the option that correctly reports the given direct speech sentence.

Asmita said, 'I'm eating cotton candy from the food stall.'

• A. Asmita said she was eating cotton candy from the food stall.
• B. Asmita said that she was eating cotton candy from the food stall.
• C. Asmita said that, 'she was eating cotton candy from the food stall.'

Answer 1

The correct option is B Asmita said that she was eating cotton candy from the food stall.

The correct answer is ‘Asmita said that she was eating cotton candy from the food stall.‘ Here too, the tense changed from present continuous tense in direct speech to past continuous tense in the reported speech. It talks about an ongoing action that took place in the past.