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Choose the correct indirect speech: She said, “I am reading a novel.”

1. She said she was reading a novel.
2. She said that I am reading a novel.
3. She said she is reading a novel.
4. She said that she read a novel.

Correct answer: She said she was reading a novel.

Solution

The reporting verb 'said' is in the past tense, so the present continuous 'am reading' changes to past continuous 'was reading'. The pronoun 'I' also changes to 'she'.

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