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.
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.
Correct Answer: She asked me how long I had lived in the house there.
Solution : The correct answer is option 4.
She asked me how long I had lived in the house there.
Explanation:
The given sentence cannot be answered with a simple "yes" or "no."
When speech is converted, interrogative sentences become assertive.
As a result, the auxiliary "had" would immediately follow the subject "I." In reporting speech, the second person "you" changes depending on the object "me."
As a result, in reported speech, "you" becomes "I."
"Here" becomes "there."
She said, "I washed my cloths yesterday".
Option 1: She says that she had washed her cloths the day before.
Option 2: She said that she had washed her cloths yesterday.
Option 3: She said that she had washed her cloths the day before.
Option 4: She said that she had been washed her cloths the day before.
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.
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.
Father told his daughter, "Why are you leaving the class early today?"
Option 1: Father asked his daughter why was she leaving the class early that day.
Option 2: Father asked his daughter why she was leaving the class early today.
Option 3: Father said his daughter why she was leaving the class early that day.
Option 4: Father asked his daughter why she was leaving the class early that day.
She said to me, "You should write the mail tomorrow."
Option 1:
She encouraged me to write the mail the next day.
Option 2: She ordered me to write the mail the next day.
Option 3: She says me to write the mail the next day.
Option 4: She encouraged me to write the mail tomorrow.
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