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Q: Lalita said, "Ram, where are you going?" Choose the option in which the above sentence has been correctly changed into Indirect Narration.
  • A. Lalita told Ram that where was he going.
  • B. Lalita enquired Ram where he was going.
  • C. Lalita enquired of Ram where he was going.
  • D. Lalita asked Ram 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 following rule- 1. Reporting verb 'said' changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Where' is used as conjunction in the place of 'comma and inverted comma'. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 4. The sentence convert interrogative into assertive sentence. Correct Indirect Speech- Lalita asked Ram 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 following rule- 1. Reporting verb 'said' changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Where' is used as conjunction in the place of 'comma and inverted comma'. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 4. The sentence convert interrogative into assertive sentence. Correct Indirect Speech- Lalita asked Ram 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 following rule- 1. Reporting verb 'said' changed into 'asked'. 2. 'Where' is used as conjunction in the place of 'comma and inverted comma'. 3. According to the narration rule, tense and pronoun will be changed. 4. The sentence convert interrogative into assertive sentence. Correct Indirect Speech- Lalita asked Ram where he was going.