Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence. Pallavi said, “I…

Solution

Correct indirect narration:

Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day.

Explanation

• Remove the quotation marks and introduce the reporting clause with 'that' after the verb 'said'.

• Change the first-person pronoun 'I' to the third-person pronoun 'she' to match the speaker (Pallavi).

• Backshift the tense: 'am going to' becomes 'was going to' because the reporting verb 'said' is in the past.

• Adjust the time expression: 'tomorrow' becomes 'the next day' when reporting in the past.

Final sentence:

Pallavi said that she was going to bake a sponge cake the next day.