In the following question, a sentence has been given in Direct/Indirect speech. Out of the four alternatives suggested, select the one which best expresses the same sentence in Indirect/Direct speech.
Vaibhav said to me, "Has your father returned from work?"
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Correct answer: B
Explanation
The correct answer is option 2 i.e. Vaibhav asked me whether my father had returned from work.
- Inverted comma is removed.
- Question mark is replaced with full stop.
- Present perfect tense changes to past perfect tense.
- 'Said to' changes to 'asked' as the sentence is interrogative.
- 'Whether' is added as the sentence starts with an auxiliary verb.
- 'Your' changes to 'my' according to 'me' as the second person changes according to the object of the reporting verb.
Hence, the chosen option is correct.