Question
Download Solution PDFSelect the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said to me, “You will speak at the conference tomorrow.”
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is "She told me that I would speak at the conference the next day."
Key Points
- The most appropriate correct indirect form of the sentence is 'She told me that I would speak at the conference the next day.'
- The given sentence is in the future tense.
- When the given sentence is in future tense in direct speech, it changes into present conditional in indirect speech.
- Example:
- Direct: She said, “I will be in Scotland tomorrow.”
- Indirect: She said that she would be in Scotland the next day.
- 'said to' changes into 'told' as the reported verb has an object.
- The pronoun 'you' changes to 'I'.
- 'will' changes into 'would'.
- 'tomorrow' changes into 'the next day'.
- Therefore, the correct answer is option 4.
Correct Sentence: She told me that I would speak at the conference the next day.
Additional Information
- The ‘future tense’ form of any verb refers to the conjugation of the verb to represent an action that will happen in the future or will continue in the future.
- The structure of the future tense is
- Subject + Will + Base form of the verb
- Example: Sindhu will walk to school tomorrow.
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