Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

English

Chapter

Direct/indirect

Question:

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.

 

Mr Sharma said to the new team member, "Today you will come along with me to meet the project manager".

Options:

Mr Sharma told the new team member this, that day he would have to go along with him to meet the project manager.

Mr Sharma said to the new team member that, that day he would have to go along with him to meet the project manager.

Mr Sharma said to the new team member that, that day he will have to go along with him to meet the project manager.

Mr Sharma said to the new team member this, that day he will have to go along with him to meet the project manager.

Correct Answer:

Mr Sharma said to the new team member that, that day he would have to go along with him to meet the project manager.

Explanation:

Answer: (b)     

Hint: Reporting speech has assertive sentence. Conjunction ’that’ is used. Reported speech is in past tense hence ‘will’ is changed into ‘would’.