I'll have a cup of tea,'my father said,'Because I'm not hungry.' Which of the following sentence is the correct indirect speech? ?

In the given sentence, direct speech is presented by someone saying, "I'll have a cup of tea because I'm not hungry." When converting this into indirect speech, certain grammatical rules must be adhered to. The reporting verb here is "said," which is in the past tense. According to English grammar rules, when the reporting verb is in the past tense, the tense of the reported speech must also shift into the past.

In this case, "I'll" (which stands for "I will") changes to "he would," reflecting the change from present to past. Additionally, "I" from the direct speech must be changed to "he" to match the subject ("my father") and agree with the third-person point of view.

Furthermore, the present tense "is" changes to the past tense "was." Therefore, the sentence transforms to: "My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn't hungry."

Among the options provided, only option C adheres to these rules of tense shifting and pronoun adjustment, making it the correct indirect speech version of the original statement.

Key terms to remember:
- Direct speech
- Indirect speech
- Reporting verb
- Tense change (will to would)
- Pronoun change (I to he)
- Past tense transformation (is to was)