Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect voice.
The director said, 'The new actor will be arriving shortly.'
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Correct answer: A
Explanation
The given sentence in direct speech is, 'The new actor will be arriving shortly.' When converting this to indirect speech, the reporting verb is 'said', which is in the past tense. Therefore, the tense of the reported speech must change. The future continuous tense 'will be arriving' changes to the conditional continuous tense 'would be arriving'. Option A correctly follows these changes.