Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
She said, “Let us have coffee here.”
Option 1: She proposed that we had coffee there.
Option 2: She asked if we wished to have coffee there.
Option 3: She said that we should have coffee there.
Option 4: She said that we had coffee there.
Correct Answer: She proposed that we had coffee there.
Solution :
The correct answer is option 1.
She proposed that we had coffee there.
Explanation:
The direct sentence is in the simple present tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.
Let will change into proposed.
Simple Present (Subject + V1 + Object)
Simple Past (Subject + V2 + Object)
“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.
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.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech. Rani said, “We went for a winter vacation.”
Option 1: Rani said that they went on a winter vacation.
Option 2: Rani said that they were on a winter vacation.
Option 3: Rani said that they had gone on a winter vacation.
Option 4: Rani said they went for a winter vacation.
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.
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.
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