Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

He said, “I decided not to purchase the house, because it was near the railway track.”

He said that he had decided not to purchase the house because it was near the railway track.

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

He said that he had decided not to purchase the house because it was near the railway track.

In this case, the verb "purchase" is retained in indirect speech.

The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

• He said that he had decides to not purchase the house because it was near the railway track. - The verb "decides" is not grammatically correct in indirect speech.
• He said that he had decided not to purchased the house because it were near the railway track. - The verb "purchased" is not grammatically correct in indirect speech, and the pronoun "were" is not appropriate in indirect speech, as the speaker is referring to a single house.
• He told that he had decided not to purchase the house because it was near the railway track. - The reporting verb "told" is not necessary in indirect speech, as the speaker is simply reporting what was said, not telling the listener anything new.