Multiple choice

Directions: Convert the following into indirect speech.

My friend says to me, “You have to work hard to achieve the top rank.”

  1. My friend says that I had to work had to achieve the top rank.

  2. My friend says that he has to work hard to achieve the top rank.

  3. My friend says that I have to work hard to achieve the top rank.

  4. My friend says that I have to work hard to achieve that top rank.
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Explanation

The sentence in quotes as well as the reporting verb is in simple present. So, no changes take place in tense form. The listener is specified as first person. Thus, the pronoun in the sentence changes accordingly.

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