Practicing Success
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. She said, “I can play the guitar pretty well.” |
She said that she can play the guitar pretty well. She said that she would play the guitar pretty well. She said that she could play the guitar pretty well. She said that she plays the guitar pretty well. |
She said that she could play the guitar pretty well. |
The correct option is She said that she could play the guitar pretty well. The original sentence is in the present tense, so the reported speech in indirect speech should also be in the present tense. The modal verb "can" is used to express ability, and it does not change tenses in indirect speech. The other options are incorrect because:
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