Choose the correct alternative which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect speech.
“Mahi would come again soon”, she assured them.

Correct option is A

✔️ The correct indirect speech is (a) She assured them that Mahi would come again soon.
Explanation: The sentence in direct speech is a statement (assertive sentence).
· The reporting verb is “assured” – indicating a positive confirmation.
· The sentence uses “would” – which is already the past form of “will”, so no further tense change is needed.
Grammatical Rule Used:
Assertive Sentences in Indirect Speech
Structure:
· Subject + reporting verb + that + subject + verb (tense changed accordingly)
Rules:
· Simple Future (“will”) → “would” in reported speech
· BUT if “would” is already in the original sentence, it remains unchanged.
Explanation in Hindi:
✔️ अगर reported speech में पहले से “would” है, तो उसे बदला नहीं जाता।
✔️ “That” conjunction से main clause को जोड़ते हैं।
✔️ “Assured” एक reporting verb है जो विश्वास जताता है।
उदाहरण:
· Direct: She said, “I would come.”
· Indirect: She said that she would come.
❌ Meanings of other options:
· (b) Will be coming – incorrect because “will” is not used in reported past speech.
· Hindi: “Will” का प्रयोग गलत है क्योंकि tense change जरूरी है।
· (c) Missing “that” and sentence is incomplete.
· Hindi: वाक्य अधूरा और अस्पष्ट है।
· (d) Verb missing after “that” – grammatically incomplete.
· Hindi: क्रिया नहीं है, रचना अधूरी है।