Question : In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best express the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Mother told him, "Why did you failed in the exam?"
Option 1: Mother asked him why he failed in the exam.
Option 2: Mother asked him why had he failed in the exam.
Option 3: Mother asked him why he had failed in the exam.
Option 4: Mother asks him why he failed in the exam.
Correct Answer: Mother asked him why he had failed in the exam.
Solution : The correct answer is option 3.
Mother asked him why he had failed in the exam.
Explanation:
The given sentence cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no."
Therefore, we won't use "if" or "whether" here.
Instead, the word "WH" will continue to be used in its indirect form, and the interrogative sentence will be changed to an assertive one (without a question mark) as part of the speech conversion.
As a result, "had" will come right after the subject "he."
Therefore, choice 3 is the right response.
Direct Speech :Mother told him, "Why did you failed in the exam?"
Indirect Speech: Mother asked him why he had failed in the exam.
Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
His mother asked, “Who are you?”
Option 1: His mother asked who he was.
Option 2: His mother asked me who he was.
Option 3: His mother asks me who he was.
Option 4: His mother asked who I was.
He said to me, "You didn't help me in my bad time".
Option 1: He told me that I did not helped him in his bad time.
Option 2: He told me that I had not helped him in his bad time.
Option 3: He told me that I have not helped him in his bad time.
Option 4: He told me that I had not been helped him in his bad time.
She told me. "How long have you lived in the flat here?"
Option 1: She asked me how long I had lived in the house here.
Option 2: She asked me how long I have lived in the house here.
Option 3: She asked me how long had I lived in the house there.
Option 4: She asked me how long I had lived in the house there.
They told me, "Have you visited Delhi this winter?"
Option 1: They asked me if I had visited Delhi that winter.
Option 2: They asked me if I have visited Delhi this winter.
Option 3: They asked me if I visited Delhi that winter.
Option 4: They asked me if I visit Delhi this winter.
Nick said, "I passed the test two years ago."
Option 1: Nick said that he have passed the test two years ago.
Option 2: Nick said that he passed the test two years before.
Option 3: Nick said that he has passed the test two years before.
Option 4: Nick said that he had passed the test two years before.
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