Choose the sentence that reports the speech correctly.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. She said that she was tired.
- Step 1: Reported speech moves the present "am tired" back to "was tired".
- Step 2: "Said that she was" is correct.
Answer
She said that she was tired.
Why not the others: "Is tired yesterday" mixes tenses, "said me" and "told that" use the wrong object pattern.
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