The government has announced, "Taxes will be raised":
A. The government has announced that taxes would be raised.
B. The government has announced that taxes would raised.
C. The government has announced that taxes will be raised.
D. The government has announced taxes will be raised.
Answer: Option A
Solution(By Examveda Team)
In changing the given sentence from direct speech to indirect speech, we need to follow the rules of reported speech. Here, the reporting verb is "has announced," and we need to adjust the sentence accordingly:The original sentence is in direct speech: "The government has announced, 'Taxes will be raised.'"
In indirect speech, the reporting verb "has announced" remains the same, and the sentence is converted to report the statement made by the government. When reporting statements about future events, we generally change the tense of the reported speech verb from "will" to "would" to make it indirect. So, "will be raised" becomes "would be raised":
So, the correct transformation is:
Option A: The government has announced that taxes would be raised. This Question Belongs to Competitive English >> Direct And Indirect Speech
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Wrong option.
Reported verb(has announced )is in present tense therefore 'will' cannot be changed into would.
Kindly make the correction.
Yeah C should be correct.
Please correct this typo as this is incorrect. My mother being an english teacher has also justified that like the other correct people in the comments, the answer would be C. Please fix this as early as possible. With regards.
Option C is correct.
I think c is correct bcz R.V. is in present tense so tense would not be changed.
Answer will be "c"
Please changed the correct answer as c
Kindly change the correct option as C
I think answer bis option A ,bez tens will be changed to would
A should be the answer
Will be change into would be in future tense
A is correct
The right answer is C. Remember when the reporting verb is in the present or future tense, the reported verb will not change.
C
A answer is correct
May be A
Risht ans is a
Becouse reporting verb is in present tense, so reported speech will not change.
So Ans C is correct.
Here reported verb is in present tense, so reported speech will not change.
Answer is correct.
remains in present or future then reported part remains unchanged
example The govt has announced,"Taxes will remain unchanged.''
now The govt has announced that taxes will remain unchanged.
if it's wrong discussion appreciable....
A should be the correct answer
its not a universal truth or a habit.....a should be the answer
The goverment has announced that taxes would be raised