Question: What is the indirect speech of: \'They said, We are playing football.\'?

Options:

1. They said that they were playing football.
2. They said that they are playing football.
3. They said that they played football.
4. They said that they will play football.

Correct Answer: They said that they were playing football.

Solution:

In indirect speech, \'are playing\' changes to \'were playing\'.