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Q: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. Gloria said, "His relatives are landing tomorrow."
  • A. Gloria said that his relatives are landing the next day.
  • B. Gloria said that his relatives were landing the previous day.
  • C. Gloria said that his relatives were landing the next day.
  • D. Gloria said that his relatives have been landing the next day.
Correct Answer: Option C - Reported speech of the above direct speech sentence is in assertive. Hence its Indirect speech will be- (1) Conjunction 'that' will be used in place of Comma and Inverted comma. (2) No change in Reporting Verb "said'. (3) According to Narration Rules Tense and Pronoun will be changed and "The next day" is used in place of Tomorrow. Correct Sentence – Gloria said that his relatives were landing the next day.
C. Reported speech of the above direct speech sentence is in assertive. Hence its Indirect speech will be- (1) Conjunction 'that' will be used in place of Comma and Inverted comma. (2) No change in Reporting Verb "said'. (3) According to Narration Rules Tense and Pronoun will be changed and "The next day" is used in place of Tomorrow. Correct Sentence – Gloria said that his relatives were landing the next day.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct speech sentence is in assertive. Hence its Indirect speech will be- (1) Conjunction 'that' will be used in place of Comma and Inverted comma. (2) No change in Reporting Verb "said'. (3) According to Narration Rules Tense and Pronoun will be changed and "The next day" is used in place of Tomorrow. Correct Sentence – Gloria said that his relatives were landing the next day.