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Direct: He said, 'I am tired.' Indirect form is

AHe said that he is tired
BHe said that I am tired
CHe said that he was tired
DHe told that he is tired
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. He said that he was tired
1. Reported 'said' stays as 'said' for assertive without 'to'. 2. Present 'am' shifts to past 'was'. 3. Pronoun 'I' becomes 'he'. 4. Hence option A. _Source: jkchrome.com SSC Direct-Indirect Speech PDF (Mistral OCR), Assertive sentence rules_
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