Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The tailor said to him, “Your shirt will be ready by tomorrow.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The tailor told him that his shirt would be ready by the next day.
The given sentence is in direct speech, to convert this sentence into indirect speech we need to follow the following points:
- Inverted commas will get omitted and 'that' will be used.
- In imperative sentences, the reporting verb 'said to' will change to 'told'.
- In the reporting speech, the verb 'will' will be changed to 'would' when converting into indirect speech.
- The pronoun 'your' will be changed into the pronoun 'his' when converting into indirect speech.
- Lastly, the word 'tomorrow' will be changes to 'the next day'.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The tailor told him that his shirt would be ready by the next day.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The tailor told him that his shirt would be ready by the next day.