In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech. "I am proud of you," father said to me.

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Correct answer: b) Father told me that he was proud of me.. The given statement is in direct narration. We must follow the rules given below to change it to indirect speech: In the provided sentence, the verb used for reporting is "said," which is in the past tense. Consequently, the tense of the reported speech will be modified to correspond with the past tense. Additionally, the reporting verb "said to" should be replaced with "told" since it is followed by an object. In the given context, the verb "am" is to be substituted with the past tense form "was", while the pronoun "I" is to be replaced with the third-person pronoun "he". Hence option B is the correct answer.

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