Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
She said, "I can come here tomorrow morning if my mother does not want me to go for shopping."
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
To convert the direct speech "I can come here tomorrow morning if my mother does not want me to go for shopping" into indirect speech, several changes occur based on the rules of narration:
Reporting Verb: "She said" remains the same because there is no object mentioned.
Pronouns: "I" changes to "she", "my" changes to "her", and "me" changes to "her" to match the subject.
Tense: The modal verb "can" changes to its past form "could". The simple present tense "does not want" get changed to the simple past tense "did not want".
Time/Place Expressions: "here" changes to "there", and "tomorrow morning" changes to "the following morning" (or "the next morning").
Option ‘B’ correctly applies all these changes.