Select the option that represents the indirect form of the following ...
Only ‘said to’ must be converted to ‘told’. ‘said’ will remain as ‘said’ in indirect speech too.
’Tomorrow’ must be converted to ‘the next day’.
Therefore, the indirect form of the given sentence is ‘Ravi said that he will be going to Ooty the next day’. Therefore, option C is the right answer.
Select the option that represents the indirect form of the following ...
Explanation:
When converting a direct statement into indirect speech, there are certain changes that need to be made. In this case, the direct statement is "I will be going to Ooty tomorrow" and the speaker is Ravi.
To convert this into indirect speech, we need to make the following changes:
1. Reporting verb:
The reporting verb "said" needs to be changed to a verb that indicates reporting or telling. In this case, "said" can be changed to "said that" or "told."
2. Pronoun:
The pronoun "I" needs to be changed to the third person pronoun "he" or "she" to reflect that Ravi is the one speaking.
3. Time and place expressions:
The time expression "tomorrow" needs to be changed to "the next day" to reflect that the action is happening in the future.
Based on these changes, let's look at the options:
a) Ravi told that he will be going to Ooty tomorrow.
- This option includes the correct reporting verb ("told") and changes the pronoun correctly, but it does not change the time expression.
b) Ravi said that he will be going to Ooty tomorrow.
- This option includes the correct reporting verb ("said that") and changes the pronoun correctly. It also changes the time expression to "tomorrow," which is the same as the direct statement. This is the correct option.
c) Ravi said that he will be going to Ooty the next day.
- This option includes the correct reporting verb ("said that") and changes the pronoun correctly. It also changes the time expression to "the next day," which is the correct change from "tomorrow." This is the correct option.
d) Ravi told that he will be going to Ooty the next day.
- This option includes the correct reporting verb ("told") and changes the pronoun correctly. It also changes the time expression to "the next day," which is the correct change from "tomorrow." However, it uses "told" instead of "said that," which is not the correct reporting verb.
Therefore, the correct option is c) Ravi said that he will be going to Ooty the next day.