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Select the correct indirect speech: He said, “I am going to the market.”

1. He said that he is going to the market.
2. He said he going to the market.
3. He said that he was going to the market.
4. He told that he will go to the market.

Correct answer: He said that he was going to the market.

Solution

The reporting verb “said” is in the past tense, so the present continuous “am going” changes to past continuous “was going.” The pronoun “I” changes to “he.”

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