Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Ravi said to me, "Do you know the house of your family doctor?"
Option 1: Ravi asked me if I knew the house of my family doctor.
Option 2: Ravi asked did I know the house of our family doctor.
Option 3: Ravi said to me if did I know the house of our family doctor.
Option 4: Ravi told me to know the house of our family doctor.
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Correct Answer: Ravi asked me if I knew the house of my family doctor.
Solution : The correct choice is the first option .
In transforming direct speech to indirect speech, it is crucial to select the right reporting verb and make necessary adjustments in tense and pronoun references.
Narration Conversion:
- Asked is used as a reporting verb in the case of questions.
- If is used as a conjunction to connect the main clause to the relative clause, as it is a question.
- Know is changed to knew , which is the past tense as it is a case of indirect speech.
- Your is changed to my (second person changed to first person pronoun) , as it is the correct possessive determiner in the case of indirect speech.
- The conjunction "if" is used in the case of yes or no questions.
Therefore, the sentence in indirect form is: Ravi asked me if I knew the house of my family doctor.
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