Tap the option that correctly reports the given sentence.

Tony said, 'I am acting in the play.'

Tony said that he was acting in the play.

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Tony said that, he is acting in the play.

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Tony said he is acting in the play.

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Tony said he was acting in the play.

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Solution

The correct option is A Tony said that he was acting in the play.
Tony said that he was acting in the play.’ is the correct answer. Here, the tense changed from present continuous to past continuous. It follows the structure of ‘subject + was/were + present participle form of the verb’. It talks about an ongoing action that took place in the past.

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