Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. He said to him, "Is your name not Ahmed?"
Option 1: He enquired is your name not Ahmed.
Option 2: He enquired whether his name was not Ahmed.
Option 3: He said whether his name was not Ahmed.
Option 4: He said is your name not Ahmed.
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Correct Answer: He enquired whether his name was not Ahmed.
Solution : The correct choice is the second option.
In reported speech, the tense of the reporting verb often changes according to the sequence of tenses. When the reporting verb is in the past tense, the verb tenses in the reported speech also shift to the past.
When transforming this sentence into indirect speech -
So, the indirect speech version becomes: "He inquired whether his name was not Ahmed."
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Radha said, “Why didn’t he forward his petition to me?”
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