Question

Transform the following from direct to indirect speech:
The boy says to his father, "I like to play in the rain."

• A. The boy says to his father I like to play in the rain.
• B. The boy said to his father that he liked to play in the rain.
• C. The boy says to his father that he likes to play in the rain.
• D. The boy says to his father that he liked to play in the rain.

Answer 1

The correct option is C The boy says to his father that he likes to play in the rain.

The given sentence is a statement.

According to the rules of narration and reporting, if the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the reported verb is not changed. The reporting verb in the given sentence, 'says', is in the present form.Therefore, the reported verb should be in the present tense. The pronoun 'I' changes into 'he'.

Thus the complete sentence must be,

The boy says to his father that he likes to play in the rain.

Thus option C is the correct answer.

Options A,B,D are incorrect as they do not follow the rules of Narration and Reporting.