Change the following sentence from Direct Speech into Indirect Speech. “I…
2023
Change the following sentence from Direct Speech into Indirect Speech.
“I always take a cup of green tea in the morning,” my father said to his friends.
- A.
He always took a cup of green tea in the morning my father told his friends.
- B.
My father told his friends that he always took a cup of green tea in the morning.
- C.
My father told his friends that he had always taken a cup of green tea in the morning.
- D.
My father told his friends that he has always been taking a cup of green tea.
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Correct answer: B
Final indirect speech: My father told his friends that he always took a cup of green tea in the morning.
Explanation:
Replace the reporting verb and apply sequence of tenses. "Said to" becomes "told" because the speaker is addressing people. With a past reporting verb, present simple normally backshifts to past simple: "take" → "took."
Step 1: Change the reporting verb: "said to" → "told".
Step 2: Backshift the tense: present simple "take" becomes past simple "took" because the reporting verb is past.
Step 3: Retain time expressions and habitual markers: keep "always" and "in the morning" to preserve the habitual meaning.
Therefore the correct indirect form is:
My father told his friends that he always took a cup of green tea in the morning.
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