Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Miranda said to her teacher, “I was sick for a day.”
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
Miranda told her teacher that she had been sick for a day.
The other options are incorrect:
- Miranda told her teacher that she has been sick for a day. - This is incorrect because the verb "has been" in the reported speech is in the present perfect tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.
- Miranda told her teacher that she is sick for a day. - This is incorrect because the verb "is" in the reported speech is in the present tense, but the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense.