Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said “ Two and two is four”.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
She said that two and two is four.
The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:
- He said that two and two are four. The pronoun "he" should be replaced with the pronoun "she", since the speaker of the statement is she.
- He said that two and two was four. The verb "was" should be in the present tense, "is", since the statement is about a universal truth.
- He said that two and two were four. The pronoun "he" should be replaced with the pronoun "she", and the verb "were" should be in the present tense, "is".