Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

Mary said to Robert, “Let him come, then we shall see”.

Options:

Mary said to Robert that if he came, they would see him.

 Mary told Robert that they shall see him if he came.

Mary told Robert that once he came, they would see him.

Mary told Robert that they would see him if he might come.

Correct Answer:

Mary told Robert that once he came, they would see him.

Explanation:

Ans 3

Reporting speech has assertive sentence hence conjunction ’that’ will be used. ‘that’ and ‘if’ cannot be used altogether.