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Choose the appropriate indirect form of speech of the sentence given below :

He said, "I intend to leave for Delhi tonight".

(A) He said I intend to leave for Delhi tonight.

(B) He said that he intends to leave for Delhi tonight.

(C) He said that he intended to leave for Delhi that night.

(D) He said that he was intending to leave for Delhi that night.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Solution

Correct Option: 2

When converting to indirect speech with a past reporting verb said, present tense intend becomes past tense intended, I becomes he, and tonight becomes that night. So the correct indirect form is He said that he intended to leave for Delhi that night, which is (C).

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