Choose the correct option to change the following sentence into Indirect Speech.
She said, "I'll see you tomorrow."
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 3
The correct answer is Option (3) → She said that she would see me the next day.
Statement in indirect speech:
| Change | Direct | Indirect | Why |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reporting verb | said, “ ” | said that | “Said” stays said, followed by that. The inverted commas go. |
| Pronoun change | I, you | she, me | “I” (the speaker) becomes she. “You” (the listener, who is now reporting) becomes me. |
| Tense change | will ('ll) | would | The reporting verb is in the past, so “will” ('ll) becomes would. |
| Words of nearness (time and place) | tomorrow | the next day | “Tomorrow” becomes the next day. |
| Full sentence | She said, “I'll see you tomorrow.” | She said that she would see me the next day. |
Example: He said, “I will call you tomorrow.” → He said that he would call me the next day.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: She said that she could see you tomorrow. — Incorrect.
- "Will" becomes would, not "could".
- "You" and "tomorrow" are not changed.
Option 2: She asked me to see her tomorrow. — Incorrect. It turns her statement into a request and reverses who will see whom.
Option 4: She said that she may see me the next day. — Incorrect. "Will" expresses a definite plan. "May" changes it to a mere possibility, and it is not put into the past form.