Convert the following sentence to indirect speech: 'He said, I will finish my wo
Practice Questions
Q1
Convert the following sentence to indirect speech: 'He said, I will finish my work.'
He said that he will finish his work.
He said that he finished his work.
He said that he would finish his work.
He said that he is finishing his work.
Questions & Step-by-Step Solutions
Convert the following sentence to indirect speech: 'He said, I will finish my work.'
Step 1: Identify the reporting verb in the sentence. In this case, it is 'said'.
Step 2: Change the direct speech to indirect speech. The sentence 'I will finish my work' needs to be converted.
Step 3: Change the future tense 'will' to 'would'.
Step 4: Combine the reporting verb with the converted speech. The final sentence will be: 'He said that he would finish his work.'
Indirect Speech – Indirect speech involves reporting what someone else has said without quoting their exact words, often requiring changes in tense, pronouns, and other elements.
Tense Changes – When converting direct speech to indirect speech, the tense of the verb often changes, such as future tense changing to conditional.
