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.


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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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