Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that converts the given statement into indirect speech.

"I want to see your father urgently", the man said to me.

  1. The man told me that he wanted to see my father urgently.

  2. The man told me that he want to see my father urgently.

  3. The man said he want to see my father urgently.

  4. The man said that he want to see my father urgently.
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Explanation

 Since the reporting verb is in simple past tense, and the speaker is third person, 'I want' is changed to 'he wanted'. 

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