Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said, "She must leave all the bad habits."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is:
She said that she had to leave all the bad habits.
The other options are incorrect because they do not follow these rules:
- She said she has to leave all the bad habits. - This sentence does not change the present tense to the past tense for the auxiliary verb "has."
- She said that she must have leave all the bad habits. - This sentence is grammatically incorrect.
- She said that she could leave all the bad habits. - This sentence changes the modal verb "must" to "could," which is less assertive.