Question

Direct speech and reported speech

Jarek's phone call

"I'm sitting in a beautiful train station… This is expensive so I don't have a lot of time… I lost my laptop so I can't check my email every day… But I'll call you when I find a guesthouse with Wifi…I'm going to travel to Ayutthaya tomorrow to see the temples… I've tried so many new kinds of food… I ate some really spicy soup today. I miss you!"

DIRECT speech and reported speech. BBC Learning English. Available at: . Accessed on: 19 Mar. 2019.

A transcrição da fala na ligação está apresentada em discurso direto, em que o locutor se dirige diretamente ao interlocutor. Caso a primeira parte da mensagem (“I'm sitting in a beautiful train station”) tivesse que ser repassada para o interlocutor do texto, ela deveria ser apresentada em discurso indireto, como em

(A)
Jarek said I am sitting in a train station.

(B)
Jarek said he had been sitting in a train station.

(C)
Jarek said he was sitting in a train station.

(D)
Jarek said will be sitting in a train station.

(E)
Jarek said is sitting in a train station.

Answer 1

Alternativa (C) Jarek said he was sitting in a train station.