Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
"Would you like to take this apartment on rent from tomorrow?" he said to me.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct indirect form of the given sentence is: OPTION 3
He asked me if I would like to take that apartment on rent from the next day.
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Reporting verb ("asked"): Since the original sentence is a question, "said to" is changed to "asked" in indirect speech.
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"Would" remains "would": The verb "would" is retained because it is already in a past modal form, which doesn't change in reported speech.
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Pronoun change ("this" to "that"): In indirect speech, demonstratives like "this" change to "that" to reflect the shift in perspective.
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Time expression change ("tomorrow" to "the next day"): Time expressions in direct speech change to their equivalent in indirect speech. For example, "tomorrow" becomes "the next day."
- Thus, the correct option is "He asked me if I would like to take that apartment on rent from the next day."
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Incorrect options explained:
- Option 1 ("He told me if..."): This is incorrect because "told" is not used for asking a question in indirect speech.
- Option 2 ("He asked me if I will like..."): This is incorrect because "will" should change to "would" in reported speech.
- Option 4 ("...from tomorrow"): This is incorrect because "tomorrow" should change to "the next day" in reported speech.