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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
You said, "I will bake a walnut cake."

Option 1: You told that you would baked a walnut cake.

Option 2: You said that you will bake a walnut cake.

Option 3: I said that you will bake a walnut cake.

Option 4: You said that you would bake a walnut cake.


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Correct Answer: You said that you would bake a walnut cake.


Solution : The fourth option is the correct answer.

Indirect speech, also known as reported speech or indirect discourse, is a way of reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words.

The steps of conversion are as follows:

  • There would be no change in the reporting verb.
  • The first-person pronoun "I" is changed to the second-person pronoun "you".
  • The modal verb "will" is changed to its past form, "would".
  • The connector "that" is used to introduce the reported clause.

Therefore, the correct answer is: You said that you would bake a walnut cake.

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