Question

Choose the correct option to complete the sentence in indirect speech:
The Principal said, “All students will get a gift on Children’s Day.”
The Principal announced that all students ____ a gift on Children’s Day.

A- Will be get
B-Would get
C-Should get
D-Might get

Answer 1

Hint:The sentence given above is direct speech and we have to convert it into indirect speech. This should be done by changing the tense of the verb given in the direct speech with the appropriate tense of the verb in indirect speech from the given options.

Complete answer:
Firstly, we know that the given sentence is in Simple Future Tense because in direct speech, simple future tense is represented by – will+ first form of the verb. In the sentence “All students will get a gift on Children’s Day” , “get” is the verb which is in its first form and is followed by “will”, so we know the sentence is in simple future tense. Now, to convert this into indirect speech, the rule to form sentence is- would + first form of the verb.

Option A) Will be get – It is the incorrect answer because “The Principal announced that all students will get a gift on Children’s Day” is a grammatically incorrect sentence, and “will” is not used in indirect speech.

Option B) Would get- It is the correct answer because in the sentence “The Principal announced that all the students would get a gift on Children’s Day” , would + first form of the verb is used.

Option C) Should get- It is the incorrect answer because here “will” was used in the direct speech, which is changed to “would” in indirect speech. It would have been correct if instead of “will” , “shall” were used.

Option D) Might get- It is the incorrect answer because “would + first form” is not used.
Hence, Option B) Would get is the correct answer.

Hence, the correct answer is Option ‘B’.

Note:Verbs are the action words in a sentence that describe what the subject is doing.
First form of a verb is its basic form and it is in simple present tense.
Direct speech - Direct speech repeats, or quotes, the exact words.
Indirect speech (also known as reported speech) - Indirect speech is usually used to talk about the past, so we normally change the tense of the words spoken.