Question

Choose the correct indirect speech:
He said, "I will go to the market tomorrow."

• A. He said he will go to the market tomorrow.
• B. He said that he would go to the market tomorrow.
• C. He said he would go to the market the next day.
• D. He said that he will go to the market the next day.

Hint:

In indirect speech, shift tenses back when the reporting verb is in the past: “will” → “would”, “tomorrow” → “the next day”.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

- The sentence is in direct speech and needs to be converted to indirect speech.
- The reporting verb "said" is in past tense, so the tense of the reported speech must also change.
- "Will" becomes "would" and "tomorrow" becomes "the next day."
- Thus, “I will go to the market tomorrow” becomes “he would go to the market the next day.”
- Therefore, (C) is the correct transformation.