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Identify the correct sentence in reported speech: He said, 'I can swim.'

1. He said he could swim.
2. He said I can swim.
3. He said he can swim.
4. He says he could swim.

Correct answer: He said he could swim.

Solution

In reported speech, the reporting verb 'said' is in the past tense, so 'can' changes to 'could'. The pronoun 'I' also changes to 'he'.

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