WBCS.LIVE practice question

Change the sentence into indirect speech: Ram said, "I am busy now."

Solve this multiple-choice question and check the correct answer with its explanation below.

Answer options

  1. Ram said that he is busy then.
  2. Ram said that he was busy now.
  3. Ram said that he was busy then.
  4. Ram said that I was busy then.

Correct answer and explanation

Correct answer: Ram said that he was busy then.

Explanation: āœ… Correct Answer: (C) Ram said that he was busy then. šŸ“š Explanation: When converting to indirect speech, several changes occur: the comma is replaced by 'that', the first-person pronoun 'I' changes to 'he' to match the speaker, and the present tense 'am' changes to past tense 'was'. Furthermore, time expressions must change; 'now' becomes 'then' in indirect speech.