Question

The principal will say,"the discipline has to be maintained ."
Change this sentence into indirect speech

Answer 1

Answer:

The principal would have said that discipline had to be maintained.

Answer 2

Answer:

The principal would say that the discipline had to be maintained.

Explanation:

Direct Speech

When we want to describe what someone said, one option is to use direct speech. We use direct speech when we simply repeat what someone says, putting the phrase between speech marks:

For example:

Paul came in and said, “I’m really hungry.”

Indirect speech:

When we want to report what someone said without speech marks and without necessarily using exactly the same words, we can use indirect speech (also called reported speech). For example:

Direct speech: “We’re quite cold in here.”

Indirect speech: They say (that) they’re cold.

When we report what someone says in the present simple, as in the above sentence, we normally don’t change the tense, we simply change the subject. However, when we report things in the past, we usually change the tense by moving it one step back.

Given: The principal will say, "the discipline has to be maintained ."

Find: Change this sentence into indirect speech.

Indirect speech: The principal would say that the discipline had to be maintained.

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