Question

You: Are you going on a holiday?

Charlie: I want to go on a holiday but I can't afford it.

This is the conversation between Charlie and You yesterday.

Later that day you tell another friend about what Charlie said.

Use reported Speech:

• A. He said that he wants to go on a holiday but he couldn't afford it.
• B. He said that he wanted to go on holiday but he couldn't afford it.
• C. He said that he wants to go on holiday but he can't afford it.
• D. He said that I want to go on holiday but I can't afford it.

Answer 1

Answer: (B)

He said that he wanted to go on holiday but he couldn't afford it.

Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.

In the case of present simple tense, reported speech is formed by using the simple past tense. Inverted commas are removed and 'that' is used as a conjunction. 'Can' changes to 'could' in indirect speech.

The sentence would become - He said that he wanted to go on holiday but he couldn't afford it.

Thus, option B is the correct answer according to the rules.