Convert the following direct speech to indirect speech: "If you study hard, you will pass the exam," her uncle said.
Answer
Her uncle said that if you studied hard, you would pass the exam.
The correct answer is Her uncle said that if you studied hard, you would pass the exam. — Write the final indirect sentence: "Her uncle said that if you studied hard, you would pass the exam."
Step-by-step solution
- Identify the reporting verb "said".
- Locate the conditional clause "If you study hard" and the main clause "you will pass the exam."
- For the past reporting verb, shift the tense in both clauses: "study" to "studied" and "will pass" to "would pass."
- Keep the condition word "If" unchanged.
- Insert the reporting verb and the conjunction "that" before the indirect clause.
- Write the final indirect sentence: "Her uncle said that if you studied hard, you would pass the exam."
Common mistake: Not changing both the conditional and main clause tenses to their past equivalents
Concept tested: Conditional Sentence Conversion in Indirect Speech
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