Easy
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ID: #21428
Question
Which of the following sentence is the correct indirect speech for: ‘I’ll have a cup of tea,’ my father said, ‘Because I’m not hungry.’?
Options
1
My father said that he will have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
Correct Answer
2
My father said that he would have had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
Correct Answer
3
My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
Correct Answer
4
My father said that he had a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
Correct Answer
Explanation
In indirect speech, 'will' changes to 'would' and 'am' changes to 'was' (past tense adjustment). The structure 'My father said that he would have... because he wasn't hungry' correctly follows these rules.