Analyze the following sentences regarding the verb tenses and direct or reported speech...

Q850820 | Inglês, Discurso direto e indireto, Prefeitura de Capim PB Professor A Inglês, FACET Concursos, 2020

Analyze the following sentences regarding the verb tenses and direct or reported speech. Choose the alternative that best describes them and in the correct order:
i. None of them were, leaving global biodiversity in a parlous state, the statement says. (line 4) ii. Thompson said Scotland was set to meet nine of the Aichi goals. (line 34)

a) sentence (i) uses simple past and reported speech
b) sentence (ii) uses only direct speech
c) sentence (i) uses past continuous
d) sentence (i) uses direct speech
e) they are both in the present make use of direct speech