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Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.

Richa said, “They will be eating soon.”

 

Option 1: Richa said that they would eat soon.
 

Option 2: Richa said that they are eating.
 

Option 3: Richa said that they would be eating soon.
 

Option 4: Richa said that they will eat soon.


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Answer (1)
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Correct Answer: Richa said that they would be eating soon.


Solution :

The correct answer is option 3.

Richa said that they would be eating soon.

Explanation:

The direct sentence is in the future continuous tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.

Future Continuous (Subject + will/shall + V1 + ing + Object)

Conditional Continuous (Subject + would + be + V1 + ing + Object)

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