Question

the student said that he shall finish the project today change into indirect speech​

Answer 1

‘The student declared that he would finish the project that day’ is an indirect speech of the given sentence.

Explanation:

• The indirect mode of narration involves changing the entire sentence into the past tense if the reporting verb is in the direct narration is in the past.  

• In the given sentence, ‘The student said that he shall finish the project today’, the reporting verb is ‘said’. It is in the past tense.  

• It specifies a declaration made by the subject-the student. Thus in indirect speech the verb ‘declared’ is used. ‘Shall’ is in the future tense.  

• It will change to ‘would’ which is in the past and ‘today’ will change to ‘that day’.

• So the sentence in indirect speech is, ‘The student declared that he would finish the project that day’.