English Grammar - Narration
English Grammar - Narration
Choose the correct indirect speech.
He said, "If I were rich, I would travel the world."
Options:
- He said that if he had been rich, he would have travelled.
- He said that if he were rich, he would travel the world.
- He said if rich travel.
- He said if he is rich.
Right Answer: He said that if he were rich, he would travel the world.
The sentence expresses an unreal or imaginary condition using the second conditional. Such sentences generally do not undergo any tense change in indirect speech because the conditional form already indicates an unreal situation. The pronoun "I" changes to "he," while the verb forms "were" and "would travel" remain unchanged. Therefore, the correct indirect speech is "He said that if he were rich, he would travel the world."This question is part of English Grammar - Narration, which has 35 practice questions with answers.
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