Question: What is the correct indirect speech for: \'They said, "We are leaving now."\'

Options:

1. They said that they are leaving now.
2. They said that they were leaving now.
3. They said they leave now.
4. They said they will leave now.

Correct Answer: They said that they were leaving now.

Solution:

In indirect speech, present tense \'are\' changes to past tense \'were\'.