Question

"Melissa said that __________ word with me." "Yes, come into my office for a moment." "Melissa said that __________ word with me." "Yes, come into my office for a moment." *

Answer 1

Melissa said that she wanted to have a word with me.

"Yes, come into my office for a moment."

Explanation:

• Narration  of speech is of two main types- direct and indirect.
• Direct speech is one where the direct words of the speaker is narrated within quotation marks.
• Indirect speech on the other hand is the reporting of the quoted words in the reported speech. It does not require quotation marks.

• The given question is a mixture of both the forms of narration.
• The first part of the question is in indirect speech where what Melissa said is reported.
• In the second part, it is in direct speech where what I spoke is directly quoted.
• Thus the complete dialogue is : Melissa said that she wanted to have a word with me." "Yes, come into my office for a moment."

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Answer 2

What is the best answer for this

"Melissa said that __________ word with me." "Yes, come into my office for a moment."

a) you can have a

b) you will want to have a

c) you wanted to have a

y) you had a

ANSWER "Melissa said that you wanted have a word with me." "Yes, come into my office for a moment."

Explanation:

• Have a word means  -  spoken to or talk to someone quickly, particularly since you need their advice concerning something or talk about someone or you need to tell them to do/perform/carry out something, example," Hello Robert! I would like to have a word with you about Peter".
• Moreover, the phrase  have a word with you along with modal verbs is used when we are in a group of people and we want to talk with just one person from the group in private without the other persons listening.