Question

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

John said, 'I am at the party.'

• A. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> John said that he is at the party.
• B. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> John said that he was at the party.

Answer 1

The correct option is B <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> John said that he was at the party.

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Here, the reporting verb 'said' is in the past tense in direct speech, so 'am' changes to simple past tense 'was' in the reported speech.