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.
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) |