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Q: Choose the option in which the NARRATION in the given sentence has been correctly changed. I asked my brother, ‘‘What do you want me to do now?’’
  • A. I enquired my brother what did he want me to do now.
  • B. I enquired of my brother what he wanted me to do now.
  • C. I asked my brother what he wanted me to do now.
  • D. I asked my brother what he wanted me to do then.
Correct Answer: Option D - Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentences. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rule- 1. Question word 'what' is used as conjunction in the place of ' comma and inverted comma; 2. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 3. Reported speech will convert interrogative into assertive sentence. The correct indirect speech is- I asked my brother what be wanted me to do then.
D. Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentences. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rule- 1. Question word 'what' is used as conjunction in the place of ' comma and inverted comma; 2. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 3. Reported speech will convert interrogative into assertive sentence. The correct indirect speech is- I asked my brother what be wanted me to do then.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in interrogative sentences. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rule- 1. Question word 'what' is used as conjunction in the place of ' comma and inverted comma; 2. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 3. Reported speech will convert interrogative into assertive sentence. The correct indirect speech is- I asked my brother what be wanted me to do then.