Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence 'Let's not go out today. It's going to be a hot day," he said to me. (a) He suggested that we shouldn't be going out that day as it is going to be a hot day. (b) He is suggesting that they shouldn't go out today as it was going to be a hot day. (c) He suggested that we shouldn't go out as it was going to be a hot day. (d) He had suggested that they shouldn't go out today as it was going to be a hot day.

Options

A. He suggested that we shouldn't be going out that day as it is going to be a hot day.
B. He is suggesting that they shouldn't go out today as it was going to be a hot day.
C. He suggested that we shouldn't go out that day as it was going to be a hot day.
D. He had suggested that they shouldn't go out today as it was going to be a hot day.

Answer

C

Explanation

He suggested that we shouldn.t go out that day as it was going to be a hot day. (Correct)
(a) He suggested that we shouldn.t `ul("be going")` out that day `ul("as it is")` going to be a hot day. (Incorrect Tense)
(b) He `ul("is suggesting")` that `ul("they ")`shouldn.t go out today as it was going to be a hot day. (Incorrect Tense and Reported Verb)
(d) He `ul("had suggested")` that `ul("they")` shouldn.t go out today as it was going to be a hot day. (Incorrect pronoun and Reported Verb)