Directions: Pick out the correct alternative that completes the incomplete sentence which is changed into indirect narration.

She said to me, "I shall see you as soon as I get time."
She told me:

Narration

1. Direct speech is used to quote the subject directly. We use double quotes to convey the subject’s speech. E.g.: He said, “We are late.”
2. Indirect speech or reported speech is used to convey the message of the subject without quoting the subject verbatim. E.g., He said that we were late.
3. While changing from direct speech to indirect speech, if the verb is in the past tense, the reported speech will also include past tense.
(i) Direct speech: I said, “I am angry.”
ii) Indirect speech: I said I was angry.
4. In direct speech, if the reporting verb is in the future tense or present tense, then the tenses of direct speech do not change.
(i) Direct speech: She says, “I am going to study.” → Indirect speech: She says she is going to study.
(ii) Direct speech: She will say, “I am going to study.” → Indirect speech: She will say she is going to study.
5. If the direct speech is an interrogative sentence and,
(i) If the interrogative sentence does not have an auxiliary verb, then no connectors are required in the reported speech.
(a) Direct speech: The man asked, “where do you live?”
(b) Indirect speech: The man enquired where I lived.
(ii) If the interrogative sentence has an auxiliary verb, then connectors are required in the reported speech. We use ‘if’ or ‘whether’ as connectors. ‘Whether’ is used to enquire about two outcomes that are possible. In other cases, ‘if’ is used.
(a) She said, “Will you write the exam?”
(b) Indirect speech: She asked whether I would write the exam.
6. If the direct speech has a modal, then
(i) ‘Can’ changes to ‘could’.
(a) Direct speech: She said, ‘She can swim.’
(b) Indirect speech: She said that she could swim.
(ii) ‘May’ changes to ‘might’.
(a) Direct speech: She said, ‘I may swim.’
(b) Indirect speech: She said that she might swim.
(iii) ‘Must’ changes to ‘would have to’ or ‘had’.
(a) Direct speech: Raj said, “I must complete my homework.”
(b) Raj said that he had to complete his homework.
7. If the direct speech has a pronoun, then
(i) First-person indirect speech changes as per the subject of the speech.
(a) Direct speech: Hema said, “I am going to the class”
(b) Indirect speech: Hema said she was going to the class.
(ii) Second-person indirect speech changes as per the object of the speech.
(a) Direct speech: He said to them, “You have completed the test.”
(b) Indirect speech: He said to them that they had completed the test.
(iii) Third-person indirect speech does not change.
(a) Direct speech: He said, “she is a good painter.”
(b) Indirect speech: He said that she is a good painter.
8. If the direct speech is an imperative sentence
(i) Verbs like ordered, requested, advised etc. are used in reported speech.
(ii) The verb in direct speech changes to the form ‘to + infinitive’.
(a) Direct speech: He said to her, “Please complete the task.”
(b) Indirect speech: He requested her to complete the task.
(iii) In exclamatory sentences, the interjections are removed, and the reported speech is an assertive sentence.
(a) Direct speech: He said, “Alas! I am hurt.”
(b) Indirect speech: He exclaimed that he was hurt.
9. If the direct speech uses adverbs of time, then
(i) ‘Now’ changes to ‘then’.
(ii) ‘Yesterday’ changes to ‘the day before’.
(iii) ‘Ago’ becomes ‘before’.
(a) Direct speech: He said, “The train arrived yesterday.”
(b) Indirect speech: He said that the train arrived the day before.