Question

Change the following sentence from direct to indirect speech: "She said, 'I am tired.'"

• A. She said she is tired.
• B. She says she is tired.
• C. She says she was tired.
• D. She said she was tired.

Answer 1

Answer:

D. She said she was tired.

• Change the tense of the reported speech (the actual words spoken). So, "I am tired" becomes "I was tired" because we shift it into the past when reporting it.
• Indirect speech ലേക്ക് മാറുമ്പോൾ am എന്നുള്ളത് was എന്നും I എന്നുള്ളത് she എന്നും ആകുന്നു. അതിനാൽ തന്നിരിക്കുന്ന sentence ന്റെ indirect speech 'She said she was tired' എന്നാണ്.