Question 57

Identify the correct indirect speech of the below given direct speech from the given options.

The prodigal son said, “I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him: father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son; make me as one of thy hired servants”.

In indirect speech, " will " is replaced by " would,

After all the parts of the sentence are reported using commas + and, the last part starts with ‘and that’.

Options A and C distort the structure slightly

Option D is wrong because it uses will instead of would

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