Multiple choice

Directions: Select the one that best expresses the sentence in indirect/direct speech.

He said, “I must go next week”.

  1. He said that he must go next week.

  2. He said that he must not go the following week.

  3. He said that he would have to go the following week.

  4. He said that he was to go the following week.
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C Correct answer
Explanation

'Must' becomes either 'might' or 'would have' in the past tense.

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