Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.

Mother: “We are going to have supper.”

Mother says ________.

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they are going to have supper

they were going to have supper

that they would have supper

they won’t have supper

answer is A.

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Detailed Solution

There are two ways to relate what someone has said: 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech). The original speaker's exact words are repeated in direct speech. The exact meaning is expressed in indirect/reported speech, but not always using the original speaker's exact words. Except when the speaker is reporting his own words, pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first to second to third person. To avoid ambiguity, a noun can be used.
Option 1 is correct because when we convert the given direct speech to indirect speech with the introductory verb in the present tense (says), the tense remains unchanged and we are changed to they.

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