Choose the option which correctly transforms the following sentence from Direct to Indirect:
The President said, "It gives me a great pleasure to be here this evening".
Choose the option which correctly transforms the following sentence from Direct to Indirect:
The President said, "It gives me a great pleasure to be here this evening".
Solution
✅ Correct Option: 2
In indirect speech after a past reporting verb, the present tense 'gives' shifts to 'gave', the pronoun 'me' becomes 'him', 'here' changes to 'there', and 'this evening' becomes 'that evening'. Option 2 applies all four conversions correctly while preserving the original meaning; the other options alter the tense, reporting verb, or sense.
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