Choose the correct indirect construction of the following sentence:
"Leave the key under the mat if you go out," she said.
A. She told me if I am going out I should leave the key under the mat.
B. She told me to leave the key under the mat if I went out.
C. She said to leave the key under the mat as I will be going out
D. She said that if I went out I was to leave the key under the mat.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Choose the correct indirect construction of the following sentence:
"Leave the key under the mat if you go out," she said.
A. She told me if I am going out I should leave the key under the mat.
B. She told me to leave the key under the mat if I went out.
C. She said to leave the key under the mat as I will be going out
D. She said that if I went out I was to leave the key under the mat.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Solution
The reported speech is an imperative with a condition, so the verb must shift to the past. B uses 'told me to leave... if I went out' and D uses 'if I went out I was to leave', both correct. A keeps the present 'am going' and C keeps 'will be going' and changes the condition to a reason, so both fail.
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