English Narration Narration Change Assertive and Interrogative sentence Question #7356 (CAT-I)

Convert the following sentence into indirect speech: She said, "I will be there by 5 PM."

A She said that she would be there by 5 PM.

B She said that she will be there by 5 PM.

C She told that she would be there by 5 PM.

D She said that I would be there by 5 PM.

Correct Answer & Explanation

Option A

• For an assertive sentence, 'said' remains 'said' and the connector 'that' is used. • The first-person pronoun 'I' changes to 'she' (referring to the speaker). • The modal verb 'will' changes to 'would' in indirect speech because the reporting verb 'said' is in the past tense.

Convert the following sentence into indirect speech: She said, "I will be there by 5 PM."

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