Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
I asked the carpenter how long he would take to polish my furniture.
Select the most appropriate direct form of the given sentence.
I asked the carpenter how long he would take to polish my furniture.
I said to carpenter, “How long you would take to polish my furniture?”
I said to carpenter, “How long you would take to polish my furniture?”
I said to carpenter, “How long will you take to polish my furniture?”
I said to carpenter, “How long will you take to polish my furniture?”
I said to carpenter, “How long he would take to polish my furniture?”
I said to carpenter, “How long he would take to polish my furniture?”
I said to carpenter, “How long he would take to polish his furniture?”
I said to carpenter, “How long he would take to polish his furniture?”
Correct Answer:
I said to carpenter, “How long will you take to polish my furniture?”
I said to carpenter, “How long will you take to polish my furniture?”
according to the rules option B is the right answer here,
In the below table, we are sharing how tense changes into Indirect speech.
|
Direct Speech |
Indirect Speech |
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Present simple (Subject +V1st + Object) |
Past simple (Subject +V2 + Object) |
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Present continuous (Subject +is/am/are+V1 +ing+ Object) |
Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object) |
|
Present perfect (Subject + has/have+V3+Object) |
Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) |
|
Past simple (Subject+V2+Object) |
Past perfect (Subject+had+V3+Object) |
|
Past Continuous (Subject +was/were+V1 +ing+ Object) |
Past perfect continuous (Subject +had been+V1 +ing+ Object) |
|
Future simple (Subject+ will/shall+V1+object) |
Present Conditional (Subject+ would+V1+object) |
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Future Continuous (Subject +will/shall+be+V1 +ing+ Object) |
Conditional Continuous (Subject +would+be+V1 +ing+ Object) |
