Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Lee said to his wife, “I am very happy today.”
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 4
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
Lee told his wife that he was very happy that day.
The other options are incorrect:
- Lee told his wife he was very happy today. - This is incorrect because the pronoun "he" is in the nominative case, but it should be in the accusative case in this context.
- Lee told his wife that he has been very happy that 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.