Choose the option which correctly transforms the following sentence f…

The correct answer is Option (2) → The President said that it gave him a great pleasure to be there that evening.

Statement in indirect speech:

Change	Direct	Indirect	Why
Reporting verb	said, “ ”	said that	“Said” stays said. The statement is joined with that, and the inverted commas go.
Tense change	gives	gave	The reporting verb is in the past, so the simple present “gives” moves back to the simple past gave.
Pronoun change	me	him	“Me” (the President himself) becomes him.
Words of nearness	here this evening	there that evening	“Here” becomes there, and “this evening” becomes that evening.
Full sentence	The President said, “It gives me a great pleasure to be here this evening”.	The President said that it gave him a great pleasure to be there that evening.

Example: She said, “I am happy here.” → She said that she was happy there.

Why the Other Options are Incorrect?

Option 1: The President was saying that he got immense pleasure that evening. — Incorrect.

• The reporting verb "said" is changed to "was saying".
• "A great pleasure" becomes "immense pleasure", and "to be there" is dropped, so the words of the speaker are not reported faithfully.

Option 3: The President says that he was getting a great pleasure from being here that evening — Incorrect.

• The past reporting verb "said" is changed to the present "says".
• "Here" is not changed to "there", and "was getting ... from being" alters the structure of the sentence.

Option 4: It was a great pleasure for the President that evening over there. — Incorrect. There is no reporting verb at all. The sentence is a rewritten statement, not reported speech, and "over there" is not the change of "here".