Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.

Anshul said to Vibha, “We will shift all the furniture to the new house.”

Options:

Anshul told Vibha that they would shift all the furniture to the new house.

Anshul told Vibha that they will shift all the furniture to the new house.

Anshul told Vibha that we would shift all the furniture to the new house.

Anshul told Vibha that they will be shifting all the furniture to the new house.

Correct Answer:

Anshul told Vibha that they would shift all the furniture to the new house.

Explanation:

The most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence is:

Anshul told Vibha that they would shift all the furniture to the new house.

The other answer choices are incorrect for the following reasons:

  • Anshul told Vibha that they will shift all the furniture to the new house. - This is incorrect because the tense of the verb in the subordinate clause is not correct. It should be "would shift" instead of "will shift."
  • Anshul told Vibha that we would shift all the furniture to the new house. - This is incorrect because the pronoun "we" refers to the speaker and the listener, but the speaker is reporting what Anshul said.
  • Anshul told Vibha that they will be shifting all the furniture to the new house. - This is incorrect because the present continuous tense is generally not used in indirect speech.