EnglishDirect/indirect

Select the appropriate option as to convert the following sentence in…

Select the appropriate option as to convert the following sentence into Direct Speech.

Agnes said that she would go and heat some milk.

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → "I'll go and heat some milk", said Agnes

The original sentence is in reported (indirect) speech.
"She would go and heat some milk" changes back to "I'll go and heat some milk" in direct speech.
Since the reporting verb is said, the correct structure is: "I'll go and heat some milk", said Agnes.

To remove cofusion

Whether "go" should become "come" in direct speech depends entirely on the speaker’s position and the context of the sentence.

Indirect speech:

Agnes said that she would go and heat some milk.

Now to convert this to direct speech, ask:

Is Agnes going away from the listener/speaker to heat the milk?
Or is she coming toward the speaker/listener?

Since the original sentence says “go,” it implies movement away from the current location, not toward it.
So when converting it back to direct speech, we preserve that meaning:
“I’ll go and heat some milk,” said Agnes.

Some important Tip

Use “go” → when moving away from the speaker/listener.
Use “come” → when moving toward the speaker/listener.