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Question: Which of the following sentences correctly uses reported speech?

A) She said, "I will go to the party tomorrow."
B) She said that "I will go to the party tomorrow."
C) She said she will go to the party tomorrow.
D) She said she would go to the party tomorrow.
Question: Which of the following sentences correctly uses reported speech?

A) She said, "I will go...
Answer: D) She said she would go to the party tomorrow.

Explanation: In reported speech, when reporting someone else's words, it is common to change the tense of the verbs used in the original statement to match the context of reporting. In this case, "will" is changed to "would" because the reported speech is describing a future action from the perspective of the reporting speaker. Option D correctly reflects this change in tense, making it the appropriate choice. Options A, B, and C do not accurately represent reported speech as they do not follow the correct tense changes.
Question: Which of the following correctly changes the reported speech from direct to indirect?

A) She said, "I am reading a book."
B) She said, "I read a book."
C) She said, "I was reading a book."
D) She said, "I will read a book."
Question: Which of the following correctly changes the reported speech from direct to indirect?

A) ...
Answer: C) She said, "I was reading a book."

Explanation: When changing from direct to indirect speech, it's important to adjust the verb tense according to the context. In this case, the original statement "I am reading a book" is in the present continuous tense. To convert it to reported speech, we change the tense to match the past tense, resulting in "I was reading a book." Therefore, option C is the correct choice as it accurately reflects the tense change required in reported speech. Options A, B, and D do not make the necessary tense adjustment.
Question: Which of the following correctly changes the reported speech from direct to indirect?

A) She said, "I go to school every day."
B) She said, "I went to school every day."
C) She said, "I will go to school every day."
D) She said, "I had gone to school every day."
Question: Which of the following correctly changes the reported speech from direct to indirect?

A) ...
Answer: B) She said, "I went to school every day."

Explanation: In reported speech, when changing from direct to indirect, we often adjust the tense of the reported verb to reflect the change in time or perspective. In this case, the original statement "I go to school every day" is in the present tense. To convert it to reported speech, we change the tense to match the past tense, resulting in "I went to school every day." Therefore, option B is the correct choice as it accurately reflects the tense change required in reported speech. Options A, C, and D do not make the necessary tense adjustment.