Identify the correct indirect speech of the following sentence: "He said, 'I will be there tomorrow.'"
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Identify the correct indirect speech of the following sentence: "He said, 'I will be there tomorrow.'"
- 1He said that he will be there tomorrow.false
- 2He said that he would be there tomorrow.false
- 3He said that he will be there the next day.false
- 4He said that he would be there the next day.true
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Answer : 4. "He said that he would be there the next day."
Explanation :
The correct indirect speech of the sentence "He said, 'I will be there tomorrow.'" is:
D) He said that he would be there the next day.
Explanation:
When converting direct speech to indirect speech, several changes occur:
Change in Pronoun:
"I" changes to "he".
Change in Verb Tense:
"will" changes to "would" (as it is in the future tense and the reporting verb "said" is in the past tense).
Change in Time Expression:
"tomorrow" changes to "the next day".
Therefore, the sentence "He said, 'I will be there tomorrow.'" in indirect speech is correctly changed to "He said that he would be there the next day."

