Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. She asked Aditi, "Where did you have lunch yesterday?"
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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Correct Answer: She asked Aditi where she had lunch the previous day.
Solution : The correct choice is the fourth option.
The goal of the transformation is to convey the original meaning accurately in reported speech, considering changes in pronouns, verb forms, and sentence structure.
In the transformation from direct speech to reported speech:
Therefore, the indirect statement is: "She asked Aditi where she had lunch the previous day."
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Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in reported speech. She said, "I called yesterday, but there was no response".
Option 1: She said that she had called the day before, but there was no response.
Option 2: She said that I called day before, but there was no response.
Option 3: She said I called yesterday, but there was no response.
Option 4: She said she called yesterday, but there was no response.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech.
Ron said to me, "He had eaten his lunch at 2 p.m. yesterday."
Option 1: Ron told me that he ate his lunch at 2 p.m. the previous day.
Option 2: Ron told me that he had had his lunch at 2 p.m. the previous day.
Option 3: Ron told me that he had his lunch at 2 p.m. the previous day.
Option 4: Ron told me that he had eaten his lunch at 2 p.m. the previous day.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. The manager said to the employee, "Why were you absent yesterday?"
Option 1: The manager asked the employee why he had been absent the previous day.
Option 2: The manager told the employee why he had been absent the previous day.
Option 3: The manager asked the employee why had been he absent the previous day.
Option 4: The manager enquired the employee for his absence the previous day.
Question : Select the option that expresses the given sentence in indirect speech. The manager said to her, "Will you accept the revised salary?"
Option 1: The manager asked her whether she accepted the revised salary.
Option 2: The manager asked her whether she would accept the revised salary.
Option 3: The manager asked her whether she has accepted the revised salary.
Option 4: The manager asked her whether she will accept the revised salary.
Question : Select the correct indirect form of the given sentence. "Aren't you afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country?" I asked Aditi.
Option 1: I asked Aditi whether you are afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
Option 2: I asked Aditi if she wasn't afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
Option 3: I asked Aditi if you aren't afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
Option 4: I asked Aditi whether she was afraid of travelling alone in a foreign country.
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