Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. We are going to Tirupati next week, Deepa told her friends. (a) Deepa told her friends that they will go to Tirupati next week. (b) Deepa told to her friends that she is going to Tirupati following week. (c) Deepa told her friends that we were going to Tirupati the following week. (d) Deepa told her friends that they were going to Tirupati the following week.

Options

A. Deepa told her friends that they will go to Tirupati next week.
B. Deepa told to her friends that she is going to Tirupati following week.
C. Deepa told her friends that we were going to Tirupati the following week.
D. Deepa told her friends that they were going to Tirupati the following week.

Answer

D

Explanation

Deepa told her friends that they were going to Tirupati the following week. (Correct)
(a) Deepa told her friends that they `ul("will go")` to Tirupati next week. (Change of reported speech to simple future is incorrect.)
(b) Deepa told to her friends that `ul("she is going")` to Tirupati following week. (Change of reported speech to present continuous is incorrect.)
(c ) Deepa told her friends that `ul("we")` were going to Tirupati the following week. (Incorrect Pronoun)