5 votes 5 votes Rafi told Mary, "I am thinking of watching a film this weekend." The following reports the above statement in indirect speech: Rafi told Mary that he _______ of watching a film that weekend. thought is thinking am thinking was thinking Verbal Aptitude gate2023-ee verbal-aptitude english-grammar + – admin asked May 20, 2023 • edited Aug 21, 2023 by Lakshman Bhaiya admin 1.7k points answer comment Share See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 1 votes 1 votes In indirect speech, we change the pronouns and tense. ${\color{Red} \text{“I"}}$ becomes ${\color{Red} \text{“he",}}$ and ${\color{Blue} \text{“am thinking"}}$ changes to ${\color{Blue}\text{“was thinking"}}$ because we shift the tense back one step to the past. The time expression ${\color{Magenta}{\text{“this weekend"}}}$ changes to ${\color{Magenta}{\text{“that weekend"}}}$ to reflect the change from direct speech to indirect speech. Rafi told Mary that he ${\color{Purple}{\text{was thinking}}}$ of watching a film that weekend. Reference: https://senenglish.webs.com/direct%20indirect.pdf Correct Answer: D Lakshman Bhaiya answered Jul 2, 2023 • selected Sep 23, 2023 by Arjun Lakshman Bhaiya 6.7k points comment Share ask related question See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
0 votes 0 votes Option A, Rafi told Mary that he thought of watching a film that weekend sarfarazjinabade answered May 25, 2023 sarfarazjinabade 140 points comment Share ask related question See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.