Question

Change the following statement into indirect speech.
She said, “When shall I know the result of the test?”
A) She said that when she would know the result of the test.
B) She told when she would know the result of the test.
C) She asked that when she would know the result of the test.
D) She asked when she would know the result of the test.

Answer 1

Hint: At the point when we need to portray what somebody said, one alternative is to use Direct Speech. At the point when we need to report what somebody said without speech marks and without fundamentally utilizing the very same words, we can utilize Indirect or Reported Speech.

Complete answer:
The two different ways of relating what an individual has said are:
- Direct Speech and
- Indirect Speech or Reported Speech.

We use 'direct speech' when we essentially repeat what somebody says, putting the expression between speech marks. It is not unexpected to see direct speech utilized in books or in a newspaper. At the point when we 'report' what somebody says in the present simple, we typically don't change the tense, we just change the subject. Be that as it may, when we report things in the past, we generally change the tense by moving it one stage back.

Let us analyze the given options:
Option A) She said that when she would know the result of the test: The above option is incorrect as here, the inappropriate introductory verb ‘said’ is used while the person in the question is asking a question.
Option B) She told when she would know the result of the test: The above option is incorrect as here, the inappropriate introductory verb ‘told’ is used while the person in the question is asking a question.
Option C) She asked that when she would know the result of the test: The above option is incorrect as here, the inappropriate word ‘that’ is used which is a relative pronoun and is unnecessary in this sentence.
Option D) She asked when she would know the result of the test: The above option is correct as here, the appropriate introductory verb ‘asked’ is used and ‘would’ is used concerning the question in the inverted commas in the Simple Future Tense.

Thus the correct answer is option ‘D’.

Note: General principles while changing direct discourse into roundabout discourse are:
- Omit every reversed comma or quote. End the sentence with a full stop.
- If the action word inside the modified commas/quotes is in the current state, change it into the comparing past tense. In the event that it is in the straightforward past tense, change it into the past wonderful tense.
- When the action word inside the quotes communicates a well-known fact, we don't typically transform it into the past tense.
- When the announcing action word is in the present or future tense, we don't change the tense of the action word inside the quotes.