Multiple choice

Directions: Choose the option that converts the given statement into indirect speech.

"When will your father return from work?", the old man said to the girl.

  1. The old man asked the girl when her father would return from work.

  2. The old man asked the girl when her father will return from work.

  3. The old man said the girl that when her father would return from work.

  4. The old man enquired from girl when her father would return from work.
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Explanation

 Since the reporting verb is in simple past tense, the future tense in the reported speech will take past connotations by replacing 'will' with 'would'. Also, the question will be converted into a statement by using 'asked'. 

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