Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said, "The stars are shining brightly tonight."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct option is: She said that the stars were shining brightly that night.
The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:
- She said the stars are shining brightly tonight. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "are."
- She said the stars were shining brightly tonight. - This sentence does not change the demonstrative pronoun "tonight" to "that night."
- She asked if the stars were shining brightly that night. - This sentence changes the declarative statement to a question.