Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is She said that she was in no mood to work then.
Key Points
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In the original sentence, "She said, 'I am in no mood to work now,'" the verb is in the present tense ("am") and the time reference is the present ("now").
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When converting this to indirect speech:
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The pronoun "I" changes to "she" to match the subject of the sentence.
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The verb tense changes, or "backshifts," from the present tense ("am") to the past tense ("was").
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This reflects that the reported speech happened in the past.
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The time reference changes from "now" to "then" to show that the time of the reported speech is different from the time the words were originally spoken.
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Hence, the correct answer will be Option 3, "She said that she was in no mood to work then."
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