Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
Ram said, “I will watch hereafter.”
Option 1: Ram said that he would watch hereafter.
Option 2: Ram said that he will watch thereafter.
Option 3: Ram said that he would watch thereafter.
Option 4: Ram said that he will watch hereafter.
Correct Answer: Ram said that he would watch thereafter.
Solution :
The correct answer is option 3.
Ram said that he would watch thereafter.
Explanation:
The direct sentence is in the simple future tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.
Simple Future (Subject + will/shall + V1 + Object)
Present Conditional (Subject + would + V1 +Object)
Richa said, “They will be eating soon.”
Option 1: Richa said that they would eat soon.
Option 2: Richa said that they are eating.
Option 3: Richa said that they would be eating soon.
Option 4: Richa said that they will eat soon.
He said, “I have been a great employee.”
Option 1: He said that he had been a great employee.
Option 2: He said that he was a great employee.
Option 3: He exclaimed that he was a great employee.
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Option 4: He said that he has been a great employee.
“I am going shopping tonight,” Esha said.
Option 1: Esha said that she was going shopping tonight.
Option 2: Esha said that she was going shopping that night.
Option 3: Esha said she was going shopping that night.
Option 4: Esha said that she will be going shopping that night.
He said, “Bring a towel, please.”
Option 1: He commands me to bring a towel
Option 2: He requested me to bring a towel
Option 3: He asked me to brought a towel
Option 4: He ordered me to bring her a towel
Rucha said, “The sale ended yesterday.”
Option 1: Rucha said that the sale had ended yesterday.
Option 2: Rucha said that the sale ended the day before.
Option 3: Rucha said that the sale had ended the previous day.
Option 4: Rucha said that the sale ended already.
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