She said, 'I am going to the market.' MCQ with Answer and Explanation

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She said, 'I am going to the market.'

A. She said that she will go to the market.

B. She said that she was going to the market.

C. She said that she went to the market.

D. She said that she is going to the market.

Answer: Option B

Solution (By JKSSB Mock Tests)

The reporting verb is in the past tense ('said'), so the present continuous tense ('am going') changes to past continuous ('was going'). Pronoun 'I' changes to 'she'.

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