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. My mother said, "We went to a market that is five kilometers from here."

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Correct answer: c) My mother said that they had gone to a market that was five kilometres from there.. The given statement is in direct narration. We must follow the rules given below to change it to indirect speech: The reporting verb "said" is in the past tense, therefore the tense of the reported speech will be adjusted accordingly to the past tense. The past indefinite tense is transformed into the past perfect tense. The word denoting proximity will be replaced with words indicating a sense of distance so "here" will change to "there". The subject of the reported speech should be modified to align with the subject of the reporting verb, given that the reported speech contains a first- person plural pronoun. This suggests that the pronoun "we" should be replaced with the pronoun "they." The statement in indirect speech will be: My mother said that they had gone to a market that was five kilometres from there.

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