Question

Sahil said, “Where will I be this time next year!”

• A. Sahil asked where he should be that time the following year.
• B. Sahil worried where he would be that time the next year.
• C. Sahil wondered where he would be that time the following year.
• D. Sahil said where he should be that time the next year

Hint:

For exclamatory or curious statements, use reporting verbs like textbfwondered, and remember to shift tense and time expressions correctly.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Identify the type of sentence. The given sentence is an exclamatory sentence expressing wonder or curiosity, not a direct question. Step 2: Apply the correct reporting verb. For sentences expressing curiosity or surprise, the appropriate reporting verb is “wondered”, not “asked” or “said”. Step 3: Change tense and time expression.

“will” \(\rightarrow\) “would”
“this time next year” \(\rightarrow\) “that time the following year”
Step 4: Check grammatical correctness of options.

(A) Incorrect use of “should”
(B) “worried” changes the meaning
(C) Correct reporting verb, tense, and time expression ✔
(D) Incorrect structure and verb
Step 5: Final conclusion. The correct indirect speech is option (C).