Question

Change the narration: Mohan said, "The girl is singing a song."

Hint:

If the reporting verb is in the past tense, change Present Continuous tense into Past Continuous tense in indirect speech.

Answer 1

Concept: In indirect speech, when the reporting verb is in the past tense (e.g., said), the tense of the reported speech changes according to the rules of sequence of tenses. For a sentence in the Present Continuous Tense: \[ \text{is/am/are + verb + ing} \] it changes into: \[ \text{was/were + verb + ing} \] in indirect speech.
Step 1: Identify the reporting verb and tense.
Reporting verb = said (past tense)
Reported speech tense = Present Continuous (is singing)
Step 2: Change the tense and remove quotation marks.
“is singing” changes to “was singing”. The conjunction “that” is used to join the clauses. Final Answer: \[ \boxed{\text{Mohan said that the girl was singing a song.} \]