Practice mode Change Of Speech

Ali said, “I am writing a letter.” Which option gives its correct indirect speech?

Correct answer D. Ali said that he was writing a letter.

Explanation

With a past reporting verb, the present continuous "am writing" changes to the past continuous "was writing", and the pronoun "I" becomes "he" to match the speaker.

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