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Q: Change the following sentence from Direct Speech into Indirect Speech. The traveller said to me, 'Which road leads to the nearest inn?'
  • A. The traveller asked me which road led to the nearest inn?
  • B. The traveller asked me which road led to the nearest inn.
  • C. The traveller asked me that which road led to the nearest inn.
  • D. The traveller asked me which road is leading to the nearest inn.
Correct Answer: Option B - Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentence of present indefinite tense, its Indirect speech will be - 1. 'Asked' will be used in place of 'said to' in case of when reporting object is given. 2. 'Which' as a conjunction will be used in place of comma and inverted comma when reporting speech started with 'wh-word'. 3. According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Indirect Speech- The traveller asked me, 'Which road led to the nearest inn.'
B. Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentence of present indefinite tense, its Indirect speech will be - 1. 'Asked' will be used in place of 'said to' in case of when reporting object is given. 2. 'Which' as a conjunction will be used in place of comma and inverted comma when reporting speech started with 'wh-word'. 3. According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Indirect Speech- The traveller asked me, 'Which road led to the nearest inn.'

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentence of present indefinite tense, its Indirect speech will be - 1. 'Asked' will be used in place of 'said to' in case of when reporting object is given. 2. 'Which' as a conjunction will be used in place of comma and inverted comma when reporting speech started with 'wh-word'. 3. According to narration rule tense and pronoun will be changed. Correct Indirect Speech- The traveller asked me, 'Which road led to the nearest inn.'