Change the following sentence from Direct Speech into Indirect Speech. The…
2023
Change the following sentence from Direct Speech into Indirect Speech.
The youngman said to his parents, “You will have to adjust to the changing times”.
- A.
That they would have to adjust to the changing times the youngman told his parents.
- B.
The youngman told his parents that they must adjust to the changing times
- C.
The youngman told his parents that they would have to adjust to the changing times
- D.
The youngman told his parents that he (the youngman) would have to adjust to the changing times.
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Correct answer: C
Identify the pronoun change: "you" (in the direct sentence) refers to his parents, so it becomes "they" in indirect speech.
Backshift the tense: "will have to" changes to "would have to."
Change the reporting verb: "said to" becomes "told" when reporting to someone.
Final indirect sentence:
The youngman told his parents that they would have to adjust to the changing times.
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