Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> Tap the option that correctly completes the sentence in reported speech.
Direct speech: He said, ‘I will get my payment next week.’
Reported speech: He said that __________.

• A. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> I would get my payment next week.
  
• B. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> he would get his payment next week.
• C. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> he would get his payment the week before.
  
• D. <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> he would get his payment the following week.
  

Answer 1

The correct option is D <!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> he would get his payment the following week.


<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> The correct answer is ‘he would get his payment the following week.’ The adverb of time ‘next week’ in direct speech changes to ‘the following week’ in reported speech because the time of reporting is different from the time of speaking.