Question

Choose the option that correctly transforms the given sentence into reported speech:

Baby said, "I will go".
a)Baby said that she will go.
b)Baby said that she could go.
c)Baby says that she will go.
d)Baby said that she would go.

Answer 1

Hint: Pay heed to, Punctuation, Tense, and usage of the correct Pronoun while converting.

Complete answer:

There are certain rules we must follow to convert direct speech into reported one. In the given sentence we are provided with, Baby said, "I will go". The first and foremost rule to convert direct speech into reported speech is to omit all the punctuation marks in between a sentence and end it with a full stop in order to change the speech from first person to the second person. Secondly, If a direct speech is given in the present tense, its reported speech will have a corresponding past tense. Thirdly, Reported speech is a statement which was said by someone, precisely the first person and is now spoken by the second person to a third person. Hence, 'I' will be replaced by 'she' and 'will' take its definite past form i.e. 'would'. It must be noted that the use of 'that' while conversion remains optional. The correct answer is option D.

Note: The easiest way to crack such questions is to imagine a situation where you are being told something by a person and you have to convey it to the other person in the same way. Automatically, you will be able to use the correct 'Tense' and 'Pronoun' required.