Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
"When will you be there, Tom?" asked Dan.
Dan asked Tom _____________________.
Fill in the blank with the most appropriate option.
"When will you be there, Tom?" asked Dan.
Dan asked Tom _____________________.
The correct option is B when he would be there
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).
Option C is correct as when we convert the given direct question to indirect speech the question word is repeated, asked is used as the introductory verb, and will is changed to would.
The other options are wrong as will, he will be, his friend, and you can't be used.
The correct answer is C)when he would be there
The two ways of relating what a person has said are 1)direct and 2)indirect (reported speech).In direct speech, the original speaker's exact words are repeated. In indirect/reported speech, the exact meaning is expressed but not necessarily using the original speaker's exact words. Pronouns and possessive adjectives usually change from first or second person to the third person except when the speaker is reporting his own words. Sometimes a noun can be inserted to avoid doubt.
When we turn direct questions and exclamations into indirect speech, they are converted to affirmative statement .( ? and ! is not used).
Option C is correct as when we convert the given direct question to indirect speech the question word is repeated, asked is used as the introductory verb, and will is changed to would.
The other options are wrong as will, he will be, his friend, and you can't be used.
The correct answer is C)when he would be there
