Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
He said to me, 'I am grateful to you.'
- AHe told me he is grateful to me.
- BHe said that I am grateful to you.
- CHe says to me that he is grateful to me.
- DHe told me that he was grateful to me.
Solution & Step-by-step Explanation
When converting from Direct to Indirect Speech:
"said to me" changes to "told me".
The conjunction "that" replaces the quotation marks.
The first-person pronoun "I" changes according to the subject ("He"), becoming "he".
The second-person pronoun "you" changes according to the object ("me"), becoming "me".
The simple present tense verb "am" changes to simple past tense "was" because the reporting verb is in the past tense.
Thus, the sentence becomes: "He told me that he was grateful to me."
"said to me" changes to "told me".
The conjunction "that" replaces the quotation marks.
The first-person pronoun "I" changes according to the subject ("He"), becoming "he".
The second-person pronoun "you" changes according to the object ("me"), becoming "me".
The simple present tense verb "am" changes to simple past tense "was" because the reporting verb is in the past tense.
Thus, the sentence becomes: "He told me that he was grateful to me."