NDA 2025
- Exam
- NDA
- Year
- 2025
- Subject
- General Ability
- Chapter
- English
NDA 2025 · General Ability · English
The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech...
The following items have a sentence in direct or indirect speech with four options. One of the options converts the direct or indirect speech into indirect or direct correctly. Select the correct option and mark your response on the Answer Sheet.
Convert from direct speech to indirect speech:
Charu said to her friend, "I want you to be here at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting."
Convert from direct speech to indirect speech:
Charu said to her friend, "I want you to be here at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting."
Options
- ACharu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting
- BCharu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting
- CCharu requested her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. tomorrow for the meeting
- DCharu told her friend that she will want her to be here at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting
Correct answer
A. Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting
Step-by-step solution
The reporting verb 'said to' changes to 'told'.
The first person pronoun 'I' changes to 'she' according to the subject 'Charu'.
The second person pronoun 'you' changes to 'her' according to the object 'her friend'.
The simple present tense verb 'want' changes to the simple past tense 'wanted'.
The word 'here' changes to 'there'.
The word 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day'.
Combining these changes, the correct indirect speech is: Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting.
Answer: Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting
The first person pronoun 'I' changes to 'she' according to the subject 'Charu'.
The second person pronoun 'you' changes to 'her' according to the object 'her friend'.
The simple present tense verb 'want' changes to the simple past tense 'wanted'.
The word 'here' changes to 'there'.
The word 'tomorrow' changes to 'the next day'.
Combining these changes, the correct indirect speech is: Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting.
Answer: Charu told her friend that she wanted her to be there at 6.00 p.m. the next day for the meeting