Multiple choice

Directions: Convert the following into indirect speech.

Rahul said, “I will come tomorrow afternoon to take my book.”

  1. Rahul said that he will come tomorrow afternoon to take my book.

  2. Rahul said that he would come tomorrow afternoon to take my book.

  3. Rahul said that he would come the next day afternoon to take his book.

  4. Rahul said that he would come the next day afternoon to take my book.
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Explanation

The future tense ‘will’ changes into would when the reporting verb is in the past tense. Whereas the timing word ‘tomorrow’ changes into ‘next day’ and the demonstrative adjective ‘my’ into ‘his’. The sentence satisfies all the rules.

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