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Question

Tap the option that correctly reports the given sentence.

The teacher says, 'We are starting a new topic.'

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The teacher says that we were starting a new topic.
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The teacher says that we are starting a new topic.
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The teacher said that we are starting a new topic.
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The teacher said that we were starting a new topic.
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Solution

The correct option is B The teacher says that we are starting a new topic.
The correct answer is ‘The teacher says that we are starting a new topic.’ Here, the reporting verb 'says' is in the simple present tense, and since we are reporting this sentence immediately after it was spoken, the tense remains the same in both direct and reported speech, that is, in the present continuous tense.

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