Select the Indirect form of the given sentence. Kishore said "I'm leaving now."

Options

A. Kishore said that he was leaving then.
B. Kishore said that he left then.
C. Kishore says that I am leaving now.
D. Kishore said that he had to leaving then.

Answer

A

Explanation

Kishore said that he was leaving then. (Correct)
(b) Kishore said that `ul("he left")` then. (Change of reported speech to simple past is incorrect.)
(c ) Kishore `ul("says")` that I am leaving now. (Change of reported speech to present continuous and also reported verb “says” is incorrect.)
(d) Kishore said that `ul("he had to leaving then.")` (Incorrect tense in reported speech )