Question

Report the following sentence: Selin said, "I drink a cup of coffee every morning."

• A. Selin said that I drank a cup of coffee every morning.
• B. Selin said that she drank a cup of coffee every morning.
• C. Selin said that she drank a cup of coffee that morning.
• D. Selin said that she drinks a cup of coffee every morning.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Selin said that she drank a cup of coffee every morning.

• When reporting a sentence in the past tense, you typically change the present tense ("drink") to the past tense ("drank") and change the pronoun appropriately. Since Selin is the speaker, "I" becomes "she."

Why the other options are incorrect:

• (A) Incorrect pronoun. "I" should become "she" when reporting what Selin said.

• (C) "That morning" is not part of the original sentence. It's a change of time reference that isn't required here.

• (D) The verb "drinks" remains in the present tense, which is incorrect in reported speech when the reporting verb is in the past tense ("said").