Ram said, “I shall write a book.” Choose the option in which the above…
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Ram said, “I shall write a book.”
Choose the option in which the above sentence has been changed into Indirect Narration.
Answer: B. Ram said that he would write a book. — Key rule: When the reporting verb is in the past tense, change modals and pronouns in the reported clause according to sequence of tenses. Because the…
- A.
Ram said that he shall write a book.
- B.
Ram said that he would write a book.
- C.
Ram said that he should write a book.
- D.
Ram said that I should write a book.
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Correct answer: B
Key rule: When the reporting verb is in the past tense, change modals and pronouns in the reported clause according to sequence of tenses.
Because the reporting verb "said" is past, the modal "shall" is backshifted to "would."
Change the pronoun "I" to "he" (Ram is the speaker being reported).
Remove the quotation marks and comma, and introduce the reported clause with "that" (optional in some styles).
Indirect speech: Ram said that he would write a book.
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