Select the most appropriate indirect form of the given sentence.
The Finance Minister said, “The Government will trim the corporate tax gradually to 25 percent for all companies.”
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The correct answer is option 1 , i.e. The Finance Minister said that the Government would trim the corporate tax gradually to 25 percent for all companies.
- This option is correct because firstly according to the rules of narration it uses the corresponding past tense of 'will' that is 'would', ultimately implying the same sense as that given in the question. It is important to convert the action/verb in present tense of the direct form of speech into the corresponding past tense so as to indicate similar sense in the indirect form of speech. The rest of the options either portray a different tense or changes the meaning of the entire statement.