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GATE 2023 EE – Question 1

General Aptitude · Verbal Aptitude: Grammar and Vocabulary · 1 mark · Multiple choice

Rafi told Mary, “I am thinking of watching a film this weekend.”

The following reports the above statement in indirect speech:

Rafi told Mary that he _______ of watching a film that weekend.

  1. thought
  2. is thinking
  3. am thinking
  4. was thinking

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Correct answer: (D) was thinking

Explanation

In reported speech the present continuous "am thinking" backshifts to the past continuous, and the first-person pronoun becomes "he": "he was thinking".