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Tap the sentence that correctly reports direct speech. My parents said, 'We are going to meet your principal.'

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My parents said that they was going to meet my principal.

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My parents said that they were going to meet my principal.

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Solution

The correct option is B My parents said that they were going to meet my principal.
In reported speech, the 'be' verb 'are' is changed to 'were' to refer to more than one person.

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