Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. His son thought, "If my father keeps grieving like this, the crops will die." - English Language MCQ General English Practice Test 2026 | ExamTest.live

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. His son thought, "If my father keeps grieving like this, the crops will die."

A $His son thought that if his father kept grieving like that, the crops would die.$
B $His son thought if his father kept grieving like this, the crops will die.$
C $His son thought that if his father kept grieving like that, then crops will die.$
D $His son thought that if his father kept grieving like this, the crops would have died.$

Solution & Step-by-step Explanation

While converting to indirect speech: The conjunction 'that' is added. The simple present 'keeps' changes to simple past 'kept'. The demonstrative 'this' changes to 'that'. The modal 'will' changes to 'would'. This makes option A the correct sentence construction.

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Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. His son thought, "If my father keeps grieving like this, the crops will die."

His son thought that if his father kept grieving like that, the crops would die.

His son thought if his father kept grieving like this, the crops will die.

His son thought that if his father kept grieving like that, then crops will die.

His son thought that if his father kept grieving like this, the crops would have died.

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