Narration: Direct and Indirect Speech
He said to me, “How long will you stay here?”
He asked me how long I would stay here.
He asked me how long I would stay here.
He asked me how long I would stay here.
He asked me how long I would stay there.
He asked me how long I would stay there.
Explanation: If the reporting verb is in the past tense, then the modals like will/shall change to would.
And if the sentence is interrogative, we use the reporting verbs like asked, enquired, etc.
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A. He said, “Ah! I am undone.”
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C. My father said that he would have a cup of tea because he wasn’t hungry.
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Pamela said, “Man is mortal.”
A. Pamela said that man is mortal.
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