Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
The officer said, 'The library will be supplied with sufficient number of books within one month.'
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
When converting direct speech to indirect speech, the tense of the reported verb usually changes to a corresponding past tense if the reporting verb (in this case, 'said') is in the past tense. The future auxiliary verb 'will' in the direct speech statement ('The library will be supplied...') must be changed to its past tense form, 'would', in the indirect narration.
Correct answer: The officer said that the library would be supplied with sufficient number of books within one month.