Question

Change the following into indirect speech The teacher said, " The Earth revolves around the Sun".

• A. The teacher said that the Earth revolved around the Sun
• B. The teacher said that the Earth had revolved around the Sun
• C. The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun
• D. The teacher said that the Earth is revolving around the Sun

Answer 1

Answer:

C. The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun

• This is a universal truth (a scientific fact), so the present tense ("revolves") remains unchanged in indirect speech.

• The reporting verb "said" is in the past, but since the statement is a universal truth, the tense of the reported speech is not changed.