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Q: Choose the option in which the NARRATION in the given sentence has been changed correctly. The teacher said, "Why have you not done your homework?"
  • A. The teacher asked the student why he had not done her homework
  • B. The teacher asked the student why she had not done his homework.
  • C. The teacher asked the student why he had not done his homework?
  • D. The teacher asked the student why she had not done her homework.
Correct Answer: Option D - Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in (wh-type) interrogative sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said' will be changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Why' will be is used as a conjunction in the place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 4. Reported speech sentence will be converted into assertive sentence. The correct indirect speech- The teacher asked the student why she had not done her homework.
D. Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in (wh-type) interrogative sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said' will be changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Why' will be is used as a conjunction in the place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 4. Reported speech sentence will be converted into assertive sentence. The correct indirect speech- The teacher asked the student why she had not done her homework.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in (wh-type) interrogative sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rules- 1. Reporting verb 'said' will be changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Why' will be is used as a conjunction in the place of comma and inverted comma. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 4. Reported speech sentence will be converted into assertive sentence. The correct indirect speech- The teacher asked the student why she had not done her homework.