A sentence is provided in direct speech. From the four given options, choose the one that most accurately conveys the sentence in its corresponding indirect speech.
He said to her, 'Do you know the answer?'
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
The correct answer is option 3 i.e. He asked her whether she knew the answer.
Changes required:
Conjunction: The inverted commas (“__”) are removed and conjunction “whether” is used because the sentence is interrogative in nature.
Verb: Said to changes to asked as the sentence asks a question.
Tense: As the reporting verb is in past tense (said), Simple present tense (do you know) changes to simple past tense (knew).
Pronoun: Second person pronoun (you) changes to third person pronoun (she) according to the object of reporting speech (her).
Punctuation: The question mark is removed and the sentence is changed into statement form in indirect speech.
Converted sentence: He asked her whether she knew the answer.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.