A sentence is provided in indirect speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding direct speech. She said that she would arrive before noon.
She said, "I would arrive before noon."
To convert indirect speech into direct speech, the reporting verb "said" is kept, a comma and inverted commas are added, and the pronoun "she" (the speaker) becomes "I".
The modal "would" in reported speech is retained as "would" in the direct form, as given in the official key: She said, "I would arrive before noon." (The modal would does not change during narration conversion.)
"I will have arrived" introduces the future perfect, a different meaning, and "I had arrived" changes the event into a completed past action, so neither matches "would arrive".
Hence, as per the official key, the direct speech is: She said, "I would arrive before noon."
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Direction : Choose the option that is in the indirect form of the sentence.
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Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
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Identify the direction narration of the given sentence.
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Directions: Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence.
The lion asked the lioness, "Where will you hide yourself, until I return?”
Select the correct indirect narration of the given sentence.
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