Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
He said, "I must stay with her as her condition is critical."
Option 1: He said he would stay with her as her condition is critical.
Option 2: He said that he has to stay with her as her condition has been critical.
Option 3: He said that he would have to stay with her as her condition was critical.
Option 4: He said he must stay with her as her condition were critical.
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Correct Answer: He said that he would have to stay with her as her condition was critical.
Solution : The correct option is the third option .
When transforming a sentence from direct speech to reported speech, consider the following changes:
- Reporting Verb Change : "said" is changed to "said that" when reporting the speech.
- Pronoun Change : "I" is changed to "he" to reflect the change from the speaker's perspective to the reported perspective.
- Tense Change : The present tense "is" is changed to the past tense "was" in reported speech.
- Must is changed to "would have to".
Therefore, the indirect speech would be: "He said that he would have to stay with her as her condition was critical."
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