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Q: Choose the option in which the Narration of the following sentence has been correctly changed: Kavita said, "Where are you going, Karan?"
  • A. Kavita asked Karan where was he going.
  • B. Kavita asked karan where he was going
  • C. Kavita asked from Karan where are you going.
  • D. Kavita asked Karan where he was going
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 rule- 1. Reporting verb 'said' changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Where' 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. Indirect Sentence- Kavita asked karan where he was going.
D. Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in (wh-type) interrogative sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rule- 1. Reporting verb 'said' changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Where' 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. Indirect Sentence- Kavita asked karan where he was going.

Explanations:

Reported speech of the above direct sentence is in (wh-type) interrogative sentence. Its indirect speech will be made from the following rule- 1. Reporting verb 'said' changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Where' 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. Indirect Sentence- Kavita asked karan where he was going.