Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
I said to him, "I am too tired now to cook anything fresh for you".
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
I told him that I was too tired then to cook anything fresh for him.
The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:
- I said to him that I am too tired then to cook anything fresh for him. The reporting verb "said" should be in the past tense, "told".
- I told him that I was too tired then to cook anything fresh for you. The pronoun "you" should be "him", since the statement is about whether the speaker is too tired to cook for the person being spoken to.
- I said to him that I am too tired then to cook anything fresh for you. This is the same as the second option, but it is repeated.