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Convert the direct question "Will you finish the project by Friday?" into indirect speech.

easy MCQ 1 mark Class 10 · English · English Grammar - Reported Speech
  1. He asked whether I would finish the project by Friday.
  2. He asked whether I finish the project by Friday.
  3. He asked whether I finished the project by Friday.
  4. He asked whether I will finish the project by Friday.
Answer
He asked whether I would finish the project by Friday.

The correct answer is He asked whether I would finish the project by Friday. — Combine all changes to form the indirect sentence.

Step-by-step solution

  1. Identify the sentence as a yes‑no question.
  2. Replace the present future "will" with the past conditional "would".
  3. Change the pronoun "you" to "I" because the reporting verb is first person.
  4. Insert "whether" after the reporting verb to introduce the subordinate clause.
  5. Keep the time expression "by Friday" unchanged.
  6. Combine all changes to form the indirect sentence.
Common mistake: Leaving the word "will" unchanged in the indirect form

Concept tested: Yes‑no question conversion

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