Choose the correct indirect narration of the following statement from the given alternatives:
The students said to the teacher, "What is the proper way to write a report when there is no details mentioned in the question?"
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The original sentence is in the present tense ("What is the proper way...").
Conversion from direct narration to indirect narration:
Here, the reporting verb ("said to the teacher") is in the past tense, so the tenses in the reported clause generally shift to the past. However, since the question asks about a general truth or a hypothetical, timeless situation ("the proper way to write a report when there is no details mentioned in the question"), the present tense is retained in the indirect speech. The interrogative structure is converted to a statement structure.