Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
The Chief Minister said, “All exams shall be cancelled this year.”
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The Chief Minister said that all exams would be cancelled that year.
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 assertive sentences which does not have a direct personal object like in the given sentence, the reporting verb 'said' remains unchanged.
- Further, the word 'this' will be changed to 'that' in the indirect speech.
- Also, the word 'shall' be changed into 'would' in the reporting speech.
After following these steps, we got the indirect speech as: The Chief Minister said that all exams would be cancelled that year.
Hence, the correct answer is Option 3 i.e. The Chief Minister said that all exams would be cancelled that year.