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Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

“I am going to walk to the market to check which shops are open,” said Anant.

Options:

Anant said that he was going to walk to the market to check which shops were open.

Anant said that he is going to walk to the market to check which shops were open.

Anant said that he went for a walk to the market to check which shops were open.

Anant said that he will be going to walk to the market to check which shops were open.

Correct Answer:

Anant said that he was going to walk to the market to check which shops were open.

Explanation:

The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:

Anant said that he was going to walk to the market to check which shops were open.

The other options are incorrect:

Anant said that he is going to walk to the market to check which shops were open. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the present tense, but the speaker is talking about something that happened in the past.
Anant said that he went for a walk to the market to check which shops were open. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the past tense, but the speaker is talking about something that was going to happen in the future.
Anant said that he will be going to walk to the market to check which shops were open. This is incorrect because the reported speech is in the future tense, but the speaker is talking about something that happened in the past.