Multiple choice

Directions: Convert the following into indirect speech.

He says, “My father works in the Navy.”

  1. He says that her father works in the Navy.

  2. He says that his father works in the Navy.

  3. He says that his father worked in the Navy.

  4. He says that my father works in the Navy.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The reporting verb is in simple present. Hence, the verb of the sentence in quotes does not get changed. But the demonstrative adjective ‘my’ changes into ‘his’ as the pronoun ‘he’ shows that the speaker is male.

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