Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
Priya assured me, "I can stay in tonight."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is: OPTION 2
Priya told me that she could stay in that night.
The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:
- Priya told me that she could stay in this night. - This sentence does not change the demonstrative pronoun "this" to "that."
- Priya told me that she could stay in night. - This sentence does not include the demonstrative pronoun "that."
- Priya told me that she can stay in that night. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "can."