A sentence is provided in indirect speech. He mentioned that his team would start the project next week.

Explanation:

📌 Given (Indirect Speech):

He mentioned that his team would start the project next week.

🧠 Conversion Rules:

1. Pronoun Change

• his team → my team ✔️ (speaker’s perspective)

2. Tense Change (Backshift Rule)

• Indirect: would start
• Direct: will start ✔️

👉 Because:

• would is the past form of will

3. Time Expression

• next week remains next week ✔️
  (No change needed here)

❌ Why other options are wrong?

• My team is starting… ❌
  → Present Continuous, doesn’t match would start
• My team would be starting… ❌
  → Continuous future-in-the-past (wrong tone)
• He said, "The project shall be started…" ❌
  → Changes structure + voice + speaker

💡 Key Rule:

Correct answer:

👉 He mentioned, "My team will start the project next week."