Multiple choice

Directions: Select the correct change of narration.

They say, "We are students".

  1. They say that we are students

  2. They tell that they are students.

  3. They say that they are students.

  4. They tell that we are students.

  5. Dummy
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C Correct answer
Explanation

In assertive sentences like this, 'say' remains unchanged and is followed by 'that'. If the reported verb is in the present tense and the reported speech is in the present, reported speech (while change of narration) remains present. Subject 'We' in the reported speech becomes ‘They’. Hence, option 3.

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