SSC Selection Post 2020 PYQ — Question 21

SSC Selection Post - Graduation Level 2020 - 9 Nov 2020 - Shift 3 • English • Q21

Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence,

He said to his uncle, "I will meet you at the station tomorrow."

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Correct answer: B

Explanation

The correct answer is option 2 i.e. He told his uncle that he would meet him at the station the next day.

Changes required:
Conjunction – "that" is added to connect reported speech
Verb – "said to" changes to "told"
Tense – "will" becomes "would" (future → future-in-the-past)
Pronoun – "I" → "he", "you" → "him"
Others – "tomorrow" becomes "the next day"

Converted sentence: He told his uncle that he would meet him at the station the next day.

Hence, the chosen option will be correct.