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This is an assertive sentence. The given sentence is in Direct Speech. The given sentence is in Direct Speech because it quotes actual words. Therefore, it must be changed into Indirect Speech.
* The inverted commas (“ “) used in Direct Narration is removed in Indirect Narration and “that” conjunction is used.
* “Said to” changes to “told” in indirect speech as it is followed by an object (Pa). Note: Sometimes, listener (or object of reporting verb) is written inside quotation (“ “). In such cases, “to” is implicit with verb “said”.
Here, object “Pa” (an informal way of saying “father or papa”) is written inside.
* As the reporting verb is in the Past tense (‘said’). Thus, verb forms mentioned in both the clauses will change:
Clause 1: Simple present tense verb “am” changes to Simple past tense verb “was”
Clause 2: Simple present tense verb “do not” changes to Simple past tense verb “did not”
* First person pronoun (I) of the reported speech is changed according to the subject (Sam) of the reporting verb i.e. “he” is used.
* Also, time word “now” changes to “then”.
So, with the help of the above structures, we can convert the given sentence into indirect speech: Sam told his father that he was a big boy then and didn't need to drink milk.
Hence, option A is the correct answer.