Change the following sentences into Reported Speech by choosing the option. correct "If you want to smoke you'll have to go upstairs." said the landlord.

1. AThe landlord told him that if he wants to smoke he'll have to go upstairs.
2. BThe landlord told him that if he wanted to smoke he would have to go upstairs.
3. CThe landlord said that if he would want to smoke he would go upstairs.
4. DThe landlord says if you wanted to smoke you would have to go upstairs.

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Correct answer: B. The landlord told him that if he wanted to smoke he would have to go upstairs.

Explanation

Backshift: want → wanted, 'll → would; 'you' → 'he': The landlord told him that if he wanted to smoke he would have to go upstairs.

Reported speech में काल पीछे जाता है: want → wanted, will → would; you → he।