Question

“I will have cooked the food by the time they arrive”.

a) She said that she will have cooked the food by the time they would arrive.

b) She said that she would cooked the food by the time they will arrive.

c) She said that she would have cooked the food by the time they will arrive.

d) She said that she would have cooked the food by the time they arrived.​

Answer 1

Given sentence :

• “I will have cooked the food by the time they arrive”.

What to do?

• This sentence is in direct narration [above sentence] and we need to choose the correct narration [indirect] among the given options.

Options given :

• a) She said that she will have cooked the food by the time they would arrive.

• b) She said that she would cooked the food by the time they will arrive.

• c) She said that she would have cooked the food by the time they will arrive.

• d) She said that she would have cooked the food by the time they arrived.

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• Option b) $\checkmark$

$\longrightarrow$ She said that she would cooked the food by the time they will arrive.

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Grammar at Ease!

While changing sentences from direct to indirect speech, always keep in mind that :-

• Inverted commas are not used.

• The reported speech should introduced by some conjunction. [that, what etc.]

• All kinds of sentences are changed into assertive sentences.

• The tense of the reporting verb is never changed.

Answer 2

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