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To determine the correct transformation of the reported speech, let's analyze the original sentence and the given options:
Original sentence: "Thomas said, 'I will go to school next year.'"
Options:
A:
Thomas said that he would go to school the year before.
B:
Thomas said that he would go to school the following year.
C:
Thomas said that he would come to school the year before.
D:
Thomas said that he would come to school the year after.
To identify the correct transformation, we need to consider the tense changes and the correct use of "next year" in reported speech.
- The original sentence is in the present tense ("I will go"), indicating a future action.
- The reported speech should be changed to the past tense ("he would go").
- "Next year" should be changed to "the following year" to reflect the future time reference in the reported speech.
Based on these considerations, the correct transformation of the reported speech is option B:
Thomas said that he would go to school the following year.
Therefore, the correct answer is B.