Select the Indirect form of the given sentence."I'm hungry" said the child to his mother.

Options

A. The child said his mother that he is hungry.
B. The child said to his mother that I am hungry.
C. The child told his mother that she was hungry.
D. The child told his mother that he was hungry.

Answer

D

Explanation

The child told his mother that he was hungry. (Correct)
(a) The child said his mother that he is hungry. (change of reported speech to simple present )
(b)The child said to his mother that I am hungry. (incorrect reported verb and also tense)
(c ) The child told his mother that she was hungry. (“she” is incorrect)