Choose the correct indirect speech form of the following sentence.
He said, "Where are you going at this time of the day?"
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct indirect speech form for the sentence He said, "Where are you going at this time of the day?" is:
"He asked me where I was going at that time of the day.
Converting direct speech to indirect speech requires a few specific changes:
Reporting Verb: Since it's a question, "said" changes to asked.
Pronoun: The "you" in the question refers to the person being spoken to (me), so it changes to I.
Tense: The present continuous "are you going" shifts to the past continuous “was going”.
Time Expression: In indirect speech, "this" typically changes to that.
Sentence Structure: The question structure (verb before subject) becomes an assertive structure (subject before verb). Therefore, "where was I going" becomes "where I was going".