Choose the option that is the indirect form of the sentence.
“I’m hungry” said the child to his mother.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct indirect form of the sentence is:
The child told his mother that he was hungry.
The other options are incorrect:
- The child told his mother that she was hungry. This is incorrect because the speaker is talking about themselves, not their mother.
- The child said his mother that he is hungry. This is incorrect because the reporting verb is "said" instead of "told".
- The child said to his mother that I am hungry. This is incorrect because the pronoun "I" should be replaced with "he".