Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said to me, “You will speak at the conference tomorrow.”
Option 1: She told me that I would speak at the conference that day.
Option 2: She told me that I might speak at the conference the next day.
Option 3: She told me that I will speak at the conference the today.
Option 4: She told me that I would speak at the conference the next day.
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Correct Answer: She told me that I would speak at the conference the next day.
Solution : Here, the correct option is the fourth option .
Indirect speech involves reporting what someone said without quoting their exact words.
Narration Conversion:
- The verb said is changed to the reporting verb told .
- That is used to introduce the reported clause.
- Will is changed to would in the past tense.
- The second-person pronoun you is changed to the first-person pronoun I .
- Tomorrow is changed to the next day to accurately convey the time frame.
Therefore, the sentence in indirect speech is: She told me that I would speak at the conference the next day.
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