Question : Select the most appropriate option to change the sentences from Direct Speech to Reported Speech.
The principal said, “Is Mr. Verma in his classroom?”
Option 1: The principal said that if Mr. Verma was in his classroom.
Option 2: The principal enquired if Mr. Verma was in his classroom.
Option 3: The principal enquired that if Mr. Verma was in his classroom.
Option 4: The principal asked if Mr. Verma had been in his classroom.
Correct Answer: The principal enquired if Mr. Verma was in his classroom.
Solution :
The correct answer is option 2.
The principal enquired if Mr. Verma was in his classroom.
Explanation:
When we convert a sentence from the direct to the indirect mode(especially for a sentence ending with a mark of interrogation). we reverse the subject-verb placement. In direct sentences, we have the verb before the subject; while in indirect, the verb follows the subject.
The direct sentence is in the simple present tense in order to convert it into indirect we need to follow the below rules.
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
Simple Present (Subject + V1 + Object)
Simple Past (Subject + V2 + Object)
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.
“I am going shopping tonight,” Esha said.
Option 1: Esha said that she was going shopping tonight.
Option 2: Esha said that she was going shopping that night.
Option 3: Esha said she was going shopping that night.
Option 4: Esha said that she will be going shopping that night.
The HR said, “Are you interested in the offer?”
Option 1: The HR said that if I was interested in the offer.
Option 2: The HR said that if I were interested in the offer.
Option 3: The HR asks if I am interested in the offer.
Option 4: The HR asked me if I was interested in the offer.
She said, “Let us have coffee here.”
Option 1: She proposed that we had coffee there.
Option 2: She asked if we wished to have coffee there.
Option 3: She said that we should have coffee there.
Option 4: She said that we had coffee there.
Rucha said, “The sale ended yesterday.”
Option 1: Rucha said that the sale had ended yesterday.
Option 2: Rucha said that the sale ended the day before.
Option 3: Rucha said that the sale had ended the previous day.
Option 4: Rucha said that the sale ended already.
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