Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
She said to me, "I saw this old man long ago."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct option is: She told me that she had seen that old man long before.
The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:
- She said to me that she had seen that old man long ago. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the reporting verb "told."
- She said me that she had seen this old man long ago. - This sentence does not add the word "to" before the infinitive verb "seen."
- She told to me that she had seen that old man long before. - This sentence is grammatically incorrect.