Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech: Rahul…
2019
Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech:
Rahul said to me, “I will get the vegetables for you from the market.”
Rahul told me that:
- A.
I will get the vegetables for you from the market.
- B.
He will get the vegetables for me from the market
- C.
He would get the vegetables for you from the market
- D.
He would get the vegetables for me from the market.
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Correct answer: D
Key changes: change pronouns and backshift the tense when converting to reported speech.
Change the speaker pronoun: 'I' → 'he' (Rahul).
Change the listener pronoun: 'you' → 'me'.
Backshift the tense: 'will' → 'would' because the reporting verb is in the past ('said'/'told').
Combine these changes to form the reported sentence.
Final reported sentence: Rahul told me that he would get the vegetables for me from the market.
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