Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
She said to me, “The charlatan will be breaking into the safe.”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 i.e. She told me that the charlatan would be breaking into the safe.
To convert the given statement into its indirect form, the following rules should be followed:
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Identify the reporting verb, which is "said," and the tense it is in, which is the past tense.
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Identify the direct speech, which is "The charlatan will be breaking into the safe."
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Introduce a reporting clause using the reporting verb, in the tense identified in step 1, followed by the conjunction "that." In this case, the reporting clause would be "She told me that."
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Rewrite the direct speech as reported speech, making the necessary changes to pronouns, tenses, and other words that may need to be changed to make the sentence grammatically correct in indirect speech.
Thus, the indirect form of the given statement is:
She told me that the charlatan would be breaking into the safe.