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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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