Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Tap the correct option to change the following to reported speech.

Oja says, 'The fire is destroying the building.'

• A. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Oja says that the fire was destroying the building.
• B. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Oja said that the fire is destroying the building.
• C. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Oja said that the fire were destroying the building.
• D. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Oja says that the fire is destroying the building.

Answer 1

The correct option is D <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Oja says that the fire is destroying the building.

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Here, the reporting verb 'says' is in the present tense. Hence, the tense of the other verb 'is' remains unchanged in the reported speech.