Choose the appropriate option of Indirect sentence for the sentence given below:-
He said, "I shall be there with Sudha soon."
A. He said that he will be there with Sudha soon.
B. He informed that he would be there with Sudha soon.
C. He said that Sudha would be there with him soon.
D. He said that he had been with Sudha soon.
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → B only
| Direct | Indirect |
|---|---|
| He said, "I shall be there with Sudha soon." | He informed that he would be there with Sudha soon. |
Statement in indirect speech:
- Reporting verb: the reported words are joined to it with that.
- Pronoun changes: I → he, since the speaker is reported in the third person.
- Tense change: with a past reporting verb, shall/will → would.
- Words of nearness (time and place): "there" and "soon" stay unchanged here, as they are not tied to the moment of speaking.
Example: She said, "I shall come soon." → She said that she would come soon.
(A) He said that he will be there with Sudha soon. — Incorrect.
- "will" is not changed to "would" after the past reporting verb "said".
(B) He informed that he would be there with Sudha soon. — Correct.
- The pronoun and the tense are both changed correctly (in careful use, "informed" names the listener: "informed us that").
(C) He said that Sudha would be there with him soon. — Incorrect.
- It makes Sudha the subject, which changes the meaning: the speaker said that he would be there with Sudha.
(D) He said that he had been with Sudha soon. — Incorrect.
- "had been" speaks of the past and cannot go with "soon".
- The future "shall be" must become "would be".