Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
"Please wait for me at the coffee shop in case I am late," said Reema to her friend.
Option 1: Reema told her friend to wait for her at the coffee shop in case she was late.
Option 2: Reema told her friend wait for me at the coffee shop in case I am late.
Option 3: Reema told her friend to wait for her at the coffee shop in case I am late.
Option 4: Reema told to her friend wait for her at the coffee shop in case she were late.
Correct Answer: Reema told her friend to wait for her at the coffee shop in case she was late.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option.
Narration Conversion:
- Said is changed to the reporting verb told in the indirect speech.
- The first-person pronoun I in the direct speech becomes the third-person pronoun she in the indirect speech. Also, m e is changed to her .
- The simple present tense a m changes to the simple past tense was.
- The clause (please wait for me) becomes ( told her friend to wait for her). As it is an imperative sentence, the infinitive form (to wait) is used in the reported clause.
Therefore, the indirect form is: Reema told her friend to wait for her at the coffee shop in case she was late.
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