Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
She said, "It is my birthday next week."
Option 1: She said that my birthday was next week.
Option 2: She said that next week was her birthday.
Option 3: She said that it was her birthday the following week.
Option 4: She said that it is my birthday the following week.
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Correct Answer: She said that it was her birthday the following week.
Solution : The correct option is the third option.
Reported speech involves conveying what someone else has said.
The steps of conversion are as follows:
Therefore, the converted sentence would be: "She said that it was her birthday the following week."
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She asked, “Are you meeting my partners next week?”
Option 1: She asked about our meeting her partners next week.
Option 2: She asked if we meet her partners next week.
Option 3: She asked if we were meeting her partners the following week.
Option 4: She asked if we were meeting her partners next week.
Question : Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
Anne said, “Next week I have my first skating lesson.”
Option 1: Anne said that in the following week she had her first skating lesson.
Option 2: Anne said that in the next week she has her first skating lesson.
Option 3: Anne said that the following week I had my first skating lesson.
Option 4: Anne said that the next week I have my first skating lesson.
Shikha said, "The heavy rain this week has spoiled all my travel plans."
Option 1: Shikha said that the heavy rain that week had spoiled all her travel plans.
Option 2: Shikha told me that the heavy rain that week had spoiled all her travel plans.
Option 3: Shikha said that the heavy rain that week has spoiled all her travel plans.
Option 4: Shikha said that the heavy rain this week had spoiled all her travel plans.
The librarian said, “Let no student be issued a book till next week.”
Option 1: The librarian said that no student was to be issued a book till the following week.
Option 2: The librarian said that no student is to be issued a book till next week.
Option 3: The librarian said that no student will be issued a book till the following week.
Option 4: The librarian said that let no student be issued a book till next week.
Question : Select the correct direct form of the given sentence. She told her brother that she was going to meet her friend.
Option 1: She said to her brother, "I was going to meet my friend."
Option 2: She said to her brother, "She will go to meet her friend."
Option 3: She said to her brother, "I am gone to meet her friend."
Option 4: She said to her brother, "I am going to meet my friend."
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