Change the following statement into indirect speech.
John said, "I shall be 21 tomorrow."
John said that I shall be 21 tomorrow.
John said that he should be 21 tomorrow.
John said that he would be 21 the following day.
John said that he should be 21 the following day.
A
John said that he should be 21 tomorrow.
B
John said that he should be 21 the following day.
C
John said that I shall be 21 tomorrow.
D
John said that he would be 21 the following day.
Open in App
Solution
Verified by Toppr
Indirect Speech is used to report something in our own words.
To change future tense in indirect speech, remove inverted commas and use 'that' as a conjunction.
Both shall and will normally become would. 'Tomorrow' is changed to 'the following day'
In the given sentence, 'shall' cannot be changed to should as the speech is not reported by the original speaker. It would change to 'would'. Thus, option C is the correct answer according to the rules.
Was this answer helpful?
3
Similar Questions
Q1
Change the following statement into indirect speech.
John said, "I shall be 21 tomorrow."
View Solution
Q2
Change the following statement into indirect speech.
He said, "I will be here again tomorrow."
View Solution
Q3
Change the following statement into indirect speech.
He said, "Will you be there tomorrow?"
View Solution
Q4
(A) He said, "I will definitely visit you tomorrow." (B) He said that _________________
View Solution
Q5
Convert the following into indirect speech.
“Hurry up!”, John said to his assistant, “Do not waste time”.