Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech.
Henry playfully asked the kids, "How can you split this paper further into pieces?"
Option 1: Henry playfully asked the kids how they could have split that further into pieces.
Option 2: Henry playfully asked the kids how they could split that paper further into pieces.
Option 3: Henry playfully asked the kids how could they split that further into pieces.
Option 4: Henry playfully asked the kids that how they could split that further into pieces.
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Correct Answer: Henry playfully asked the kids how they could split that paper further into pieces.
Solution : The second option is correct.
A reported question is when a person tells what the other person asked.
Narration Conversion:
Therefore, the sentence in the reported speech is: Henry playfully asked the kids how they could split that paper further into pieces.
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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in direct speech. The woman exclaimed that the kids were making too much noise.
Option 1: The woman said, "How the kids are making too much noise!"
Option 2: The woman said, "What noise are the kids making?"
Option 3: The woman said, "The kids were making too much noise."
Option 4: The woman said, "How much noise are the kids making?"
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Option 1: The librarian asked her if she could return the books.
Option 2: The librarian greeted her if she could return the books.
Option 3: The librarian asked her that if she could return the books.
Option 4: The librarian asked her that could she return her books.
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Option 1: David asked whether someone could explain what was going on.
Option 2: David said can someone please explain what is going on.
Option 3: David asked that if someone could explain what is going on.
Option 4: David asked if someone can please explain what was going on.
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Option 1: She asked Aditi whether she was having lunch yesterday.
Option 2: She asked Aditi where she was having lunch the previous day.
Option 3: She asked Aditi if she had lunch yesterday.
Option 4: She asked Aditi where she had lunch the previous day.
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Option 1: You told that you would baked a walnut cake.
Option 2: You said that you will bake a walnut cake.
Option 3: I said that you will bake a walnut cake.
Option 4: You said that you would bake a walnut cake.
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