Choose the correct reported speech: 'I will submit the form tomorrow,' she said.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. She said that she would submit the form the next day.
In reported speech 'will' becomes 'would' and 'tomorrow' becomes 'the next day'.
Answer: She said that she would submit the form the next day.
Why not the others: She said that she will submit the form tomorrow.: the tense and time word are not shifted. She said that she submitted the form the next day.: 'will' should become 'would'. She said that I would submit the form the next day.: the pronoun is not changed correctly.
Answer: She said that she would submit the form the next day.
Why not the others: She said that she will submit the form tomorrow.: the tense and time word are not shifted. She said that she submitted the form the next day.: 'will' should become 'would'. She said that I would submit the form the next day.: the pronoun is not changed correctly.
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